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<h1>Security update for perl-HTML-Parser</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:2950-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-07-14T09:24:36Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267606">bsc#1267606</a>
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Cross-References:
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8829.html">CVE-2026-8829</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-8829</span>
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(
SUSE
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<span class="cvss-score">4.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-8829</span>
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(
NVD
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<span class="cvss-score">7.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">Basesystem Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for perl-HTML-Parser fixes the following issue</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2026-8829: HTML:Entities versions before 3.84 for Perl read freed heap memory in _decode_entities (bsc#1267606).</li>
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<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
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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:
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Basesystem Module 15-SP7
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<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-2950=1</code>
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<h2>Package List:</h2>
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<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
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<li>perl-HTML-Parser-debugsource-3.830.0-150000.3.6.1</li>
<li>perl-HTML-Parser-debuginfo-3.830.0-150000.3.6.1</li>
<li>perl-HTML-Parser-3.830.0-150000.3.6.1</li>
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<h2>References:</h2>
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8829.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8829.html</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267606">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267606</a>
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