SUSE-SU-2026:1523-1: important: Security update 5.1.3 for Multi-Linux Manager Salt Bundle

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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  
References:

  * bsc#1254629
  * bsc#1257831
  * bsc#1258957
  * bsc#1259554
  * jsc#MSQA-1048

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2026-31958

  
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

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31958.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254629
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257831
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258957
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259554
  * https://jira.suse.com/browse/MSQA-1048

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