ESB-2026.3468
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2026.3468
Security update for cockpit-repos
10 April 2026
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AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: cockpit-repos
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2026-26996
Original Bulletin:
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202620997-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 7.5 CVE-2026-26996 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVSS Source: SUSE
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (Max): 0.0% (6th) CVE-2026-26996 2026-04-09
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Security update for cockpit-repos
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20997-1
Release Date: 2026-04-05T02:55:36Z
Rating: important
References: o bsc#1258637
Cross-References: o CVE-2026-26996
o CVE-2026-26996 ( 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/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
o CVE-2026-26996 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N
/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS scores: o CVE-2026-26996 ( 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
o CVE-2026-26996 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/
S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0
Products:
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
Description:
This update for cockpit-repos fixes the following issue:
o CVE-2026-26996: minimatch: ReDoS when glob pattern contains many
consecutive wildcards followed by a literal character that doesn't appear
in the test string (bsc#1258637).
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:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-478=1
Package List:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0 (noarch)
cockpit-repos-4.7-160000.2.1
References:
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26996.html
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258637
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