Security update for poppler

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20911-1
Release Date: 2026-03-19T08:11:15Z
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-11896 ( SUSE ): 2.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-11896 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2025-11896 ( NVD ): 2.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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 Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for poppler fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-11896: infinite recursion leading to stack overflow due to object loop in PDF CMap (bsc#1252337).

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 - BCI 16.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-411=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libpoppler148-debuginfo-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • poppler-debugsource-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • libpoppler-cpp2-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • libpoppler-qt6-devel-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • libpoppler-glib8-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • libpoppler-qt6-3-debuginfo-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • libpoppler-devel-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • libpoppler-qt6-3-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • libpoppler-cpp2-debuginfo-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • libpoppler148-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • poppler-tools-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • poppler-qt6-debugsource-25.04.0-160000.4.1
    • poppler-tools-debuginfo-25.04.0-160000.4.1

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