Security update for libjxl

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20903-1
Release Date: 2026-03-18T10:13:37Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-12474 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-12474 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2025-12474 ( NVD ): 2.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/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
  • CVE-2026-1837 ( SUSE ): 9.2 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-1837 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-1837 ( NVD ): 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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 two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libjxl fixes the following issues:

Update to libjxl 0.11.2:

  • CVE-2025-12474: a specially crafted file can cause the decoder to read pixel data from uninitialized allocated memory (bsc#1258090).
  • CVE-2026-1837: a specially crafted file can cause the decoder to write pixel data to uninitialized unallocated memory (bsc#1258091).

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-16.0-403=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libjxl-debugsource-0.11.2-160000.1.1
    • libjxl-devel-0.11.2-160000.1.1
    • libjxl0_11-debuginfo-0.11.2-160000.1.1
    • libjxl0_11-0.11.2-160000.1.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0 (x86_64)
    • libjxl0_11-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-0.11.2-160000.1.1
    • libjxl0_11-x86-64-v3-0.11.2-160000.1.1

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