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<h1>Security update for salt</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:2257-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-06-03T14:21:02Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<ul>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254629">bsc#1254629</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254900">bsc#1254900</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257583">bsc#1257583</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257831">bsc#1257831</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259554">bsc#1259554</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259700">bsc#1259700</a>
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<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/MSQA-1052">jsc#MSQA-1052</a>
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</ul>
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<th>
Cross-References:
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<ul>
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31958.html">CVE-2026-31958</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-31958</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
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<span class="cvss-score">8.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/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-2026-31958</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<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:N/I:N/A:H</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-31958</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/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>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-31958</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<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: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 Desktop 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>
<li class="list-group-item">Systems Management Module 15-SP7</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability, contains one feature and has five security fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for salt fixes the following issue:</p>
<p>Security issues fixed:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2026-31958: python-tornado: parsing large multipart bodies with many parts can cause a denial of service
(bsc#1259554).</li>
</ul>
<p>Other updates and bugfixes:</p>
<ul>
<li>Use non vendored Tornado with Python 3.11 (bsc#1257583, bsc#1259700)</li>
<li>Harden Tornado from invalid HTTP reason phrases</li>
<li>Read full URI from ldap pillar config (bsc#1254900)</li>
<li>Make users with backslash work for <code>salt-ssh</code> (bsc#1254629).</li>
<li>Fixed <code>ansible.playbooks</code> <code>extra-vars</code> quoting (bsc#1257831),</li>
<li>Fixed <code>virtualenv</code> call in test helper to use proper Python version.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Special Instructions and Notes:</h2>
<ul>
</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>
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<li class="list-group-item">
Systems Management Module 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Systems-Management-15-SP7-2026-2257=1</code>
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</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
Systems Management Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>salt-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
<li>salt-ssh-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
<li>salt-standalone-formulas-configuration-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
<li>salt-master-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
<li>python311-salt-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
<li>salt-doc-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
<li>salt-syndic-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
<li>salt-api-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
<li>salt-transactional-update-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
<li>salt-proxy-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
<li>salt-minion-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Systems Management Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
<ul>
<li>salt-bash-completion-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
<li>salt-fish-completion-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
<li>salt-zsh-completion-3006.0-150700.14.23.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31958.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31958.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254629">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254629</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254900">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254900</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257583">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257583</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257831">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257831</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259554">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259554</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259700">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259700</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://jira.suse.com/browse/MSQA-1052">https://jira.suse.com/browse/MSQA-1052</a>
</li>
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