ESB-2026.4010
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2026.4010
Security update 5.1.3 for Multi-Linux Manager Salt Bundle
22 April 2026
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AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Multi-Linux Manager Salt Bundle
Publisher: SUSE
Operating System: SUSE
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2026-31958
Original Bulletin:
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20261523-1
Comment: CVSS (Max): 7.5 CVE-2026-31958 (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% (9th) CVE-2026-31958 2026-04-21
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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
o bsc#1254629
o bsc#1257831
References: o bsc#1258957
o bsc#1259554
o jsc#MSQA-1048
Cross-References: o CVE-2026-31958
o 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
o 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
o CVE-2026-31958 ( NVD ): 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/
CVSS scores: 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-2026-31958 ( 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 Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SLE 12
Products:
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:
o Backport security patch for Salt vendored tornado (bsc#1259554):
o CVE-2026-31958: Add limits on multipart form data parsing
o Add x86_64_v2 as a possible rpm package architecture
o Make users with backslash working for salt-ssh (bsc#1254629)
o Fix ansible.playbooks extra-vars quoting (bsc#1257831)
o Fix virtualenv call in test helper to use proper python version
o Fix the issue preventing SELinux profile to be loaded on SLES 16 deployed
using cloud images (bsc#1258957)
o 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:
o SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SLE 12
zypper in -t patch SUSE-MultiLinuxManagerTools-SLE-12-2026-1523=1
Package List:
o SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SLE 12 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x
x86_64)
venv-salt-minion-3006.0-120002.5.12.1
References:
o https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31958.html
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254629
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257831
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258957
o https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259554
o https://jira.suse.com/browse/MSQA-1048
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