Security update 5.1.3 for Multi-Linux Manager Salt Bundle

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1523-1
Release Date: 2026-04-21T09:25:44Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-31958 ( 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-2026-31958 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-31958 ( NVD ): 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/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-2026-31958 ( 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 Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SLE 12

An update that solves one vulnerability, contains one feature and has three security fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update fixes the following issues:

venv-salt-minion:

  • Backport security patch for Salt vendored tornado (bsc#1259554):
  • CVE-2026-31958: Add limits on multipart form data parsing
  • Add x86_64_v2 as a possible rpm package architecture
  • Make users with backslash working for salt-ssh (bsc#1254629)
  • Fix ansible.playbooks extra-vars quoting (bsc#1257831)
  • Fix virtualenv call in test helper to use proper python version
  • Fix the issue preventing SELinux profile to be loaded on SLES 16 deployed using cloud images (bsc#1258957)
  • Fix the typo causing buiding EL9 bundle without binary dependencies

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:

  • SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SLE 12
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-MultiLinuxManagerTools-SLE-12-2026-1523=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SLE 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • venv-salt-minion-3006.0-120002.5.12.1

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