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SUSE Google-Cloud-SAP-Agent Important Privilege Escalation Fix 2026-22848-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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A vital security patch for google-cloud-sap-agent addressing a privilege escalation issue now available for SUSE systems.
SUSE announces an important security update for Google Cloud SAP Agent addressing CVE-2026-39821, which allows privilege escalation due to a validation bypass issue in ASCII Punyco...

Summary

## This update for google-cloud-sap-agent fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-39821: golang.org/x/net/idna: failure to reject ASCII-only Punycode-encoded labels allows for validation bypass and privilege escalation (bsc#1266604). Changes for google-cloud-sap-agent: * Update golang.org/x/net to v0.57.0. ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1323=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1323=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 x86_64)

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References

* bsc#1266604

Cross-

* CVE-2026-39821

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-39821 ( SUSE ): 9.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-39821 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2026-39821 ( NVD ): 9.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2026-39821 ( NVD ): 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-39821.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266604

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22848-1
Release Date: 2026-07-22T08:46:39Z
Rating: important

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