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<h1>Security update for libpng16</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:24228-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-10-10T11:20:30Z</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=1283183">bsc#1283183</a>
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</ul>
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Cross-References:
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46675.html">CVE-2026-46675</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-46675</span>
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(
SUSE
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<span class="cvss-score">8.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-46675</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
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<span class="cvss-score">5.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for libpng16 fixes the following issue:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2026-46675: Use-after-free of zlib input in <code>png_read_end</code> after incomplete zTXt, iTXt or iCCP decompression
(bsc#1283183).</li>
</ul>
<p>Changes for libpng16:</p>
<ul>
<li>version update to 1.6.59:</li>
<li>Fixed CVE-2026-46675 (medium severity):
Use-after-free of zlib input in <code>png_read_end</code> after incomplete zTXt, iTXt
or iCCP decompression.
(Reported independently by Ze Sheng and
<JasonHonKL@users.noreply.github.com>.)</li>
<li>Fixed a regression introduced in version 1.6.47 that caused libpng to reject
hIST chunks in their correct position, after PLTE.
(Contributed by Yuki Sekiguchi.)</li>
<li>Prevented a double free of <code>png_struct</code> members after an allocation failure.
(Contributed by Anthony Hurtado.)</li>
<li>Applied fixes and updates to the CMake build.</li>
<li>Adopted the REUSE Specification for licensing the CI files.</li>
</ul>
<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:
</p>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1897</code>
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<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1897</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpng16-devel-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-compat-devel-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-16-debuginfo-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-tools-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-tools-debuginfo-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-debugsource-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-16-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpng16-16-x86-64-v3-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-16-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-devel-x86-64-v3-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-compat-devel-x86-64-v3-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpng16-devel-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-compat-devel-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-16-debuginfo-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-tools-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-tools-debuginfo-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-debugsource-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-16-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpng16-16-x86-64-v3-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-16-x86-64-v3-debuginfo-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-devel-x86-64-v3-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
<li>libpng16-compat-devel-x86-64-v3-1.6.59-160000.1.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46675.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46675.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283183">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283183</a>
</li>
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