Security update for libarchive

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21831-1
Release Date: 2026-05-25T07:40:27Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-4111 ( 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-2026-4111 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-4111 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-4424 ( SUSE ): 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-4424 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2026-4424 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2026-4426 ( SUSE ): 8.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-4426 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  • CVE-2026-4426 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2026-5121 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-5121 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-5121 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-5121 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues

  • CVE-2026-4111: logical deadlock the RAR5 filter subsystem and the half-window output limiter leads to infinite loop and DoS (bsc#1259635).
  • CVE-2026-4424: 257-byte heap memory leak when processing a 170-byte RAR3 (bsc#1259928).
  • CVE-2026-4426: undefined behavior due to unvalidated operand in shift expression of the zisofs decompression code (bsc#1259931).
  • CVE-2026-5121: missing validation check for pz_log2_bs can a heap buffer overflow write (bsc#1261186).

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-16.0-799=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-799=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.8.1-160000.3.1
    • libarchive-debugsource-3.8.1-160000.3.1
    • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.8.1-160000.3.1
    • bsdtar-3.8.1-160000.3.1
    • libarchive13-3.8.1-160000.3.1
    • libarchive-devel-3.8.1-160000.3.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libarchive13-debuginfo-3.8.1-160000.3.1
    • libarchive-debugsource-3.8.1-160000.3.1
    • bsdtar-debuginfo-3.8.1-160000.3.1
    • bsdtar-3.8.1-160000.3.1
    • libarchive13-3.8.1-160000.3.1
    • libarchive-devel-3.8.1-160000.3.1

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