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<h1>Security update for pcp</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:3508-1</td>
</tr>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-08-05T13:21:27Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>critical</td>
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<th>References:</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272922">bsc#1272922</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272923">bsc#1272923</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272924">bsc#1272924</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272925">bsc#1272925</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272926">bsc#1272926</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272927">bsc#1272927</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272928">bsc#1272928</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272930">bsc#1272930</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-2026-16524.html">CVE-2026-16524</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16526.html">CVE-2026-16526</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16527.html">CVE-2026-16527</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16529.html">CVE-2026-16529</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16530.html">CVE-2026-16530</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16531.html">CVE-2026-16531</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-2026-16524</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">9.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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-2026-16524</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">9.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-2026-16524</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>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16526</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</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</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16526</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</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>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16526</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16527</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</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:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16527</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:H/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16527</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16529</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</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</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16529</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>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16529</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>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16530</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16530</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16530</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16531</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</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</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16531</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-16531</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<tr>
<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5</li>
</ul>
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<p>An update that solves six vulnerabilities and has two security fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for pcp fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2026-16524: command injection in <code>linux_sockets</code> PMDA via <code>network.persocket.filter</code> (bsc#1272922).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-16526: pmdaroot privilege escalation via <code>FD_CLOEXEC</code> fd inheritance and missing peer credentials
(bsc#1272923).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-16527: missing authentication flags in pmproxy REST API (bsc#1272924).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-16529: integer overflow in <code>__pmGetPDU</code> leads to permanent DoS (bsc#1272925).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-16530: multiple OOB reads in libpcp record and PDU decoders (bsc#1272926).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-16531: path traversal via hostname in pmproxy logger servlet (bsc#1272927).</li>
<li>Command injection in <code>pmieconf</code> <code>write_pmiefile</code> via <code>$HOME</code> and <code>-f</code> (bsc#1272928).</li>
<li>Command injection in <code>pmlogcp/pmlogmv</code> <code>do_link</code> via unsanitised filenames (bsc#1272930).</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 12 SP5 LTSS
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-3508=1</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-3508=1</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>pcp-devel-6.2.0-6.32.1</li>
<li>pcp-devel-debuginfo-6.2.0-6.32.1</li>
<li>libpcp-devel-6.2.0-6.32.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
<ul>
<li>pcp-devel-6.2.0-6.32.1</li>
<li>pcp-devel-debuginfo-6.2.0-6.32.1</li>
<li>libpcp-devel-6.2.0-6.32.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16524.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16524.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16526.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16526.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16527.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16527.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16529.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16529.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16530.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16530.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16531.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16531.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272922">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272922</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272923">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272923</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272924">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272924</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272925">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272925</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272926">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272926</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272927">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272927</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272928">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272928</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272930">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1272930</a>
</li>
</ul>
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