Security update for 7zip

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20592-1
Release Date: 2026-02-26T11:53:30Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-53816 ( SUSE ): 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-53816 ( SUSE ): 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
  • CVE-2025-53816 ( NVD ): 5.5 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/E:P/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-2025-53816 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-53817 ( SUSE ): 4.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-53817 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2025-53817 ( NVD ): 5.5 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/E:P/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-2025-53817 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for 7zip fixes the following issues:

  • Update to 25.01 (boo#1249130)
  • The code for handling symbolic links has been changed to provide greater security when extracting files from archives

  • Command line switch -snld20 can be used to bypass default security checks when creating symbolic links.

  • Update to 25.00:

  • bzip2 compression speed was increased by 15-40%.
  • deflate (zip/gz) compression speed was increased by 1-3%.
  • improved support for zip, cpio and fat archives.
  • CVE-2025-53816: Fixed input manipulation leading to heap buffer overflow (bsc#1246706)
  • CVE-2025-53817: Fixed null pointer dereference leading to denial of service (bsc#1246707)

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-16.0-315=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-315=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • 7zip-25.01-160000.1.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • 7zip-25.01-160000.1.1

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