Security update for mariadb

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20018-1
Release Date: 2025-12-22T11:44:04Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-13699 ( SUSE ): 8.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-13699 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2025-13699 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mariadb fixes the following issues:

  • Update to 11.8.5:
  • CVE-2025-13699: Fixed Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (bsc#1254313)

Other fixes:

  • Add %license tags to license files (bsc#1252162)
  • Add INSTALL_DOCREADMEDIR cmake flag to install readme and license files
  • Remove client plugin parsec.so, it is shipped by libmariadb_plugins (bsc#1243040, bsc#1254476)

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-16.0-116=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-116=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • mariadb-debuginfo-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-debugsource-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • libmariadbd19-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • libmariadbd-devel-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-bench-debuginfo-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-client-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-client-debuginfo-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-bench-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-tools-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • libmariadbd19-debuginfo-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-tools-debuginfo-11.8.5-160000.1.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
    • mariadb-errormessages-11.8.5-160000.1.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • mariadb-debuginfo-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-debugsource-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • libmariadbd19-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • libmariadbd-devel-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-bench-debuginfo-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-client-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-client-debuginfo-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-bench-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-tools-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • libmariadbd19-debuginfo-11.8.5-160000.1.1
    • mariadb-tools-debuginfo-11.8.5-160000.1.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (noarch)
    • mariadb-errormessages-11.8.5-160000.1.1

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