Upstream information

CVE-2026-41988 at MITRE

Description

uuid before 14.0.0 can make unexpected writes when external output buffers are used, and the UUID version is 3, 5, or 6. In particular, UUID version 4, which is very commonly used, is unaffected by this issue.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (MITRE) SUSE
Base Score 3.2 3.2
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Changed Changed
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact Low Low
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1262651 [NEW]

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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Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated.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 Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 uuid Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 uuid Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 uuid Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 uuid Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 uuid Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 uuid Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 uuid Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 uuid Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Apr 23 08:33:24 2026
CVE page last modified: Thu Apr 23 18:51:47 2026