Security update for openssl-3

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0309-1
Release Date: 2026-01-28T09:36:53Z
Rating: critical
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-15467 ( SUSE ): 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-15467 ( SUSE ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-68160 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-68160 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-69418 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-69418 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2025-69419 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-69419 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-69420 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-69420 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2025-69421 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-69421 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-22795 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-22795 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-22796 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2026-22796 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves eight vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for openssl-3 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-15467: Stack buffer overflow in CMS AuthEnvelopedData parsing (bsc#1256830).
  • CVE-2025-68160: Heap out-of-bounds write in BIO_f_linebuffer on short writes (bsc#1256834).
  • CVE-2025-69418: Unauthenticated/unencrypted trailing bytes with low-level OCB function calls (bsc#1256835).
  • CVE-2025-69419: Out of bounds write in PKCS12_get_friendlyname() UTF-8 conversion (bsc#1256836).
  • CVE-2025-69420: Missing ASN1_TYPE validation in TS_RESP_verify_response() function (bsc#1256837).
  • CVE-2025-69421: NULL Pointer Dereference in PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex function (bsc#1256838).
  • CVE-2026-22795: Missing ASN1_TYPE validation in PKCS#12 parsing (bsc#1256839).
  • CVE-2026-22796: ASN1_TYPE Type Confusion in the PKCS7_digest_from_attributes() function (bsc#1256840).

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-309=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • openssl-3-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1
    • openssl-3-debugsource-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1
    • libopenssl-3-devel-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1
    • libopenssl3-debuginfo-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-debuginfo-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1
    • openssl-3-debuginfo-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1
    • libopenssl3-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (x86_64)
    • libopenssl3-32bit-debuginfo-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-32bit-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1
    • libopenssl-3-fips-provider-32bit-debuginfo-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1
    • libopenssl3-32bit-3.2.3-150700.5.24.1

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