Security update for salt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1030-1
Release Date: 2026-03-25T10:17:21Z
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
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:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7
  • Systems Management Module 15-SP7

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:

  • Systems Management Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Systems-Management-15-SP7-2026-1030=1

Package List:

  • Systems Management Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • salt-doc-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
    • python311-salt-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
    • salt-minion-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
    • salt-ssh-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
    • salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
    • salt-proxy-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
    • salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
    • salt-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
    • salt-master-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
    • salt-syndic-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
    • salt-api-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
  • Systems Management Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    • salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
    • salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150700.14.16.1
    • salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150700.14.16.1

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