Upstream information

CVE-2026-28407 at MITRE

Description

malcontent is software for discovering supply-chain compromises through context, differential analysis, and YARA. Prior to version 1.21.0, malcontent would remove nested archives which failed to extract which could potentially leave malicious content. A better approach is to preserve these archives so that malcontent can attempt a best-effort scan of the archive bytes. Version 1.21.0 fixes the issue.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub)
Base Score 6.9
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low
Vulnerable System Availability Impact None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 malcontent Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.6 govulncheck-vulndb Released
openSUSE Leap 15.6 malcontent Analysis
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 malcontent Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 govulncheck-vulndb Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 govulncheck-vulndb Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 malcontent Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 malcontent Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.4 malcontent Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.5 govulncheck-vulndb Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 malcontent Analysis


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sat Feb 28 00:03:03 2026
CVE page last modified: Thu Mar 26 20:49:55 2026