Security update for pcre2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21172-1
Release Date: 2026-04-10T18:29:30Z
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2025-58050 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2025-58050 ( SUSE ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2025-58050 ( NVD ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:L/SI:N/SA:L/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-2025-58050 ( NVD ): 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for pcre2 fixes the following issue:

  • CVE-2025-58050: integer overflow leads to heap buffer overread in match_ref due to missing boundary restoration in SCS (bsc#1248842).

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 16.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-528=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-528=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libpcre2-8-0-10.45-160000.3.1
    • pcre2-tools-debuginfo-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-32-0-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-posix3-debuginfo-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-16-0-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-32-0-debuginfo-10.45-160000.3.1
    • pcre2-devel-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-8-0-debuginfo-10.45-160000.3.1
    • pcre2-debugsource-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-16-0-debuginfo-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-posix3-10.45-160000.3.1
    • pcre2-devel-static-10.45-160000.3.1
    • pcre2-tools-10.45-160000.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
    • pcre2-doc-10.45-160000.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libpcre2-8-0-10.45-160000.3.1
    • pcre2-tools-debuginfo-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-32-0-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-posix3-debuginfo-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-16-0-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-32-0-debuginfo-10.45-160000.3.1
    • pcre2-devel-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-8-0-debuginfo-10.45-160000.3.1
    • pcre2-debugsource-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-16-0-debuginfo-10.45-160000.3.1
    • libpcre2-posix3-10.45-160000.3.1
    • pcre2-devel-static-10.45-160000.3.1
    • pcre2-tools-10.45-160000.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (noarch)
    • pcre2-doc-10.45-160000.3.1

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