Security update for php-composer2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21542-1
Release Date: 2026-05-04T10:46:30Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-67746 ( SUSE ): 2.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-67746 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2025-67746 ( NVD ): 1.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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-2025-67746 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  • CVE-2026-40176 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-40176 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-40261 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-40261 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for php-composer2 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-67746: ANSI control characters injection in terminal output of various Composer commands via attacker controlled remote sources (bsc#1255768).
  • CVE-2026-40176: arbitrary command injection via malicious Perforce repository definition (bsc#1262254).
  • CVE-2026-40261: arbitrary command injection via malicious Perforce source reference/url (bsc#1262255).

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 for SAP applications 16.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-672=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-672=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (noarch)
    • php-composer2-2.8.9-160000.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
    • php-composer2-2.8.9-160000.3.1

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