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<h1>Security update for postgresql18</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:0769-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-03-03T13:11:51Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258011">bsc#1258011</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258754">bsc#1258754</a>
</li>
</ul>
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</tr>
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<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2006.html">CVE-2026-2006</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-2006</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-2006</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5</li>
</ul>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for postgresql18 fixes the following issue:</p>
<p>Update to version 18.3 (bsc#1258754).</p>
<p>Regression fixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>the substring() function raises an error "invalid byte sequence for encoding" on non-ASCII text values if the
source of that value is a database column (caused by CVE-2026-2006 fix).</li>
<li>a standby may halt and return an error "could not access status of transaction".</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-769=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-769=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-769=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-769=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-769=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-769=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-769=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-769=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debugsource-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-32bit-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-32bit-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debugsource-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-32bit-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-32bit-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debugsource-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-32bit-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-32bit-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debugsource-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-32bit-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-32bit-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debugsource-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-32bit-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-32bit-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debugsource-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-32bit-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-32bit-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debugsource-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-32bit-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-32bit-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>postgresql18-debugsource-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libecpg6-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpq5-32bit-debuginfo-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
<li>libpq5-32bit-18.3-150200.5.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2006.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2006.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258011">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258011</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258754">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258754</a>
</li>
</ul>
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