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<h1>Security update for open-iscsi</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:3647-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-08-19T09:53:51Z</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=1268352">bsc#1268352</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268353">bsc#1268353</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44943.html">CVE-2026-44943</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44944.html">CVE-2026-44944</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-2026-44943</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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-2026-44943</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-44943</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-44944</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.6</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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-2026-44944</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-44944</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/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</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">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 two vulnerabilities can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for open-iscsi fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2026-44943: remote file-write as root via discovery (bsc#1268353).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-44944: iscsiuio control-socket auth bypass (bsc#1268352).</li>
</ul>
<p>Changes for open-iscsi:</p>
<ul>
<li>Update to version 2.1.12.suse+0.8f77cf16:</li>
<li>Preparing for version 2.1.12 (#536)</li>
<li>iscsi-init.service: Use iscsi-gen-initiatorname</li>
<li>iscsi-gen-initiatorname use @IQN_PREFIX@ as default</li>
<li>avoid possible double free of found in idbm_rec_update_param (#528)</li>
<li>iscsi: validate interface IP against target address family (#527)</li>
<li>Update to version 2.1.11.suse+88.8e0635b3:</li>
<li>Make iface.example a doc file. (#526)</li>
<li>Updated SPEC file to deliver iface.example as a %doc
file, no longer in the database directory.</li>
<li>Update to version 2.1.11.suse+85.4ef97a15:</li>
<li>Fix unused variable warning in usr/io.c (#524)</li>
<li>Remove old rpm subdirectory, no longer needed.</li>
<li>Add tcp.congestion_control configuration option (#520)</li>
<li>Small cleanups for firmware discovery. (#522)</li>
<li>Fix incorrect parsing of node.discovery_type "static" and "fw" (#518)</li>
<li>iscsi_net_util: avoid copying NULL pointers with strlcpy() (#515)</li>
<li>iscsi: delay reconnect until interface has valid IP. (#511)</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">
Basesystem Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-3647=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>open-iscsi-debugsource-2.1.12-150700.57.6.1</li>
<li>libopeniscsiusr0-debuginfo-0.2.0-150700.57.6.1</li>
<li>open-iscsi-debuginfo-2.1.12-150700.57.6.1</li>
<li>open-iscsi-2.1.12-150700.57.6.1</li>
<li>open-iscsi-devel-2.1.12-150700.57.6.1</li>
<li>iscsiuio-debuginfo-0.7.8.8-150700.57.6.1</li>
<li>libopeniscsiusr0-0.2.0-150700.57.6.1</li>
<li>iscsiuio-0.7.8.8-150700.57.6.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44943.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44943.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44944.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44944.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268352">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268352</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268353">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268353</a>
</li>
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