Security update for salt

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2026:1028-1
Release Date:	2026-03-25T10:16:22Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1240532 bsc#1246130 bsc#1254325 bsc#1254400 bsc#1254903 bsc#1254904 bsc#1254905 jsc#MSQA-1045
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-13836 CVE-2025-67724 CVE-2025-67725 CVE-2025-67726
CVSS scores:	CVE-2025-13836 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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 CVE-2025-13836 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-13836 ( NVD ): 6.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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 CVE-2025-13836 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-67724 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-67724 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVE-2025-67724 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVE-2025-67724 ( NVD ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVE-2025-67725 ( 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-2025-67725 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-67725 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-67726 ( 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-2025-67726 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2025-67726 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:	openSUSE Leap 15.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

An update that solves four vulnerabilities, contains one feature and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for salt fixes the following issues:

• Security issues fixed:

• CVE-2025-67724: Fixed missing validation of supplied reason phrase (bsc#1254903)

• CVE-2025-67725: Fixed DoS via malicious HTTP request (bsc#1254905)
• CVE-2025-67726: Fixed HTTP header parameter parsing algorithm (bsc#1254904)

• CVE-2025-13836: Set a safe limit to http.client response read (bsc#1254400)

• Made syntax in httputil_test compatible with Python 3.6

• Fixed KeyError in postgres module with PostgreSQL 17 (bsc#1254325)
• Use internal deb classes instead of external aptsource lib
• Improved wheel key.finger call (bsc#1240532)
• Improved utils.find_json function (bsc#1246130)
• Extended warn_until period to 2027

Special Instructions and Notes:

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 15.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1028=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1028=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1028=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1028=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1028=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-1028=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-1028=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-1028=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-1028=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • python311-salt-testsuite-3006.0-150400.8.94.1
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python3-salt-testsuite-3006.0-150400.8.94.1
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python311-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python311-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (noarch)
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python311-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (noarch)
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python311-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (noarch)
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-api-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-proxy-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-minion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python311-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-master-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-cloud-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • python3-salt-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-syndic-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-ssh-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-doc-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (noarch)
  • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2
  • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150400.8.94.2

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13836.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-67724.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-67725.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-67726.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1240532
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246130
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254325
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254400
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254903
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254904
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254905
• https://jira.suse.com/browse/MSQA-1045