SUSE 15 SP6 virtiofsd Key Update Mitigates DoS Vulnerability CVE-2026-25727
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March 5, 2026
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
Summary
## This update for virtiofsd fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-25727: time: parsing of user-provided input by the RFC 2822 date parser can lead to stack exhaustion (bsc#1257912). ## 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: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-816=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-816=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-816=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-816=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1257912
Cross-
* CVE-2026-25727
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2026-25727 ( SUSE ): 8.7
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2026-25727 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2026-25727 ( NVD ): 6.8
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
* CVE-2026-25727 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
* openSUSE Leap 15.6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0816-1
Release Date: 2026-03-05T09:51:05Z
Rating: important
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