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SUSE Perl-libwww-perl Moderate Auth Leak Issue 2026-3033-1

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Calendar Grey July 15, 2026
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Update for perl-libwww-perl resolves the authorization leak issue through cross-origin redirects, rated moderate.
A security update has been released for perl-libwww-perl to address CVE-2026-8368, which involves the leakage of authorization headers during cross-origin redirects in certain SUSE...

Summary

## This update for perl-libwww-perl fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-8368: LWP: UserAgent: Authorization and Proxy-Authorization headers are leaked on cross-origin redirects (bsc#1265156). ## 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 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-3033=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (noarch) * perl-libwww-perl-6.05-6.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE authorization cross-origin perl-libwww-perl

References

* bsc#1265156

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* CVE-2026-8368

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-8368 ( SUSE ): 6.0

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

* CVE-2026-8368 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2026-8368 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8368.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265156

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3033-1
Release Date: 2026-07-15T09:54:09Z
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate SuSE authorization cross-origin perl-libwww-perl

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