Security update for gpg2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0215-1
Release Date: 2026-01-22T12:10:29Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-68973 ( SUSE ): 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-68973 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2025-68973 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability and has four security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for gpg2 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2025-68973: Fix possible memory corruption in the armor parser (gpg.fail/memcpy)(bsc#1255715).
  • Avoid potential downgrade to SHA1 in 3rd party key signatures (gpg.fail/sha1) (bsc#1256246).
  • Error out on unverified output for non-detached signatures (gpg.fail/detached) (bsc#1256244).
  • Fix a memory leak in gpg2 agent (bsc#1256243).
  • Fix Cleartext Signature Forgery in the NotDashEscaped header implementation in GnuPG (gpg.fail/notdash) (bsc#1256390).

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-215=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-215=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-215=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-215=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-215=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • gpg2-tpm-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • dirmngr-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-debugsource-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-tpm-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    • gpg2-lang-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • dirmngr-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-debugsource-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    • gpg2-lang-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • dirmngr-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-debugsource-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (noarch)
    • gpg2-lang-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • dirmngr-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • dirmngr-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-debugsource-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
    • gpg2-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (noarch)
    • gpg2-lang-2.4.4-150600.3.12.1

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