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<h1>Security update for rrdtool</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:3468-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-08-03T16:34:53Z</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=1267243">bsc#1267243</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-2026-43958.html">CVE-2026-43958</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-43958</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-43958</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-43958</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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">Basesystem Module 15-SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">openSUSE Leap 15.6</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 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS</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 SP6</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7</li>
</ul>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for rrdtool fixes the following issue:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2026-43958: stack buffer overflow in <code>rrdcached</code> <code>handle_request_create()</code> can lead to local privilege escalation
via unbounded DS/RRA arguments (bsc#1267243).</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 Server 15 SP6 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-3468=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
Basesystem Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-3468=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
openSUSE Leap 15.6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-3468=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-3468=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-rrdtool-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-debugsource-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>librrd8-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>librrd8-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-devel-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>perl-rrdtool-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-rrdtool-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-debugsource-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>librrd8-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>librrd8-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-devel-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>perl-rrdtool-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-rrdtool-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>librrd8-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>tcl-rrdtool-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>tcl-rrdtool-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>lua-rrdtool-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>ruby-rrdtool-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>python3-rrdtool-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>python3-rrdtool-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-cached-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-cached-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>ruby-rrdtool-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-devel-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-debugsource-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>librrd8-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-doc-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>lua-rrdtool-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>perl-rrdtool-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>perl-rrdtool-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-debugsource-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>librrd8-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>librrd8-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>rrdtool-devel-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
<li>perl-rrdtool-debuginfo-1.8.0-150600.3.9.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43958.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43958.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267243">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267243</a>
</li>
</ul>
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