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SUSE Micro 6.0 Protobuf Moderate Recursion Depth Bypass CVE-2026-0994

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.. # Security update for protobuf Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20352-1 Release Date: 2026-02-13T16:56:02Z Rating: moderate References: * bsc#1257173 Cross-References: * CVE-2026-0994 CVSS scores: * CVE-2026-0994 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N * CVE-2026-0994 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H * CVE-2026-0994 ( NVD ): 8.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/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 Affected Products: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed. ## Description: This update for protobuf fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-0994: Fixed google.protobuf.Any recursion depth bypass in Python json_format.ParseDict (bsc#1257173). ## 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 Micro 6.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.0-577=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * libprotobuf-lite23_4_0-debuginfo-23.4-11.1 * libprotobuf-lite23_4_0-23.4-11.1 * libprotobuf23_4_0-debuginfo-23.4-11.1 * protobuf-debugsource-23.4-11.1 * libprotobuf23_4_0-23.4-11.1 ## References: * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0994.html * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257173 . SUSE updates protobuf for moderate issue fixing recursion depth bypass. Learn more about CVE-2026-0994.. SUSE protobuf update security patch CVE-2026-0994. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 17, 2026 SuSE