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<h1>Security update for rpm</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:23787-1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-09-16T14:28:22Z</td>
</tr>
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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=1218459">bsc#1218459</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253139">bsc#1253139</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259215">bsc#1259215</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268747">bsc#1268747</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269150">bsc#1269150</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269571">bsc#1269571</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269584">bsc#1269584</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-2026-44604.html">CVE-2026-44604</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44605.html">CVE-2026-44605</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-2026-44604</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:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-44604</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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-44604</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-44605</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-44605</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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-44605</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<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>
</ul>
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<p>An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has five fixes can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for rpm fixes the following issues:</p>
<p>Changes in rpm:</p>
<ul>
<li>split imaevmsign plugin into a multibuild flavor</li>
</ul>
<p>Changes in rpm:</p>
<ul>
<li>Add Requires: (rpm-plugin-selinux if selinux-policy)</li>
<li>harden ndb code [bsc#1269584] [CVE-2026-44605]</li>
<li>split all plugins into subpackages</li>
<li>this allows for an easy way to get rid of a plugin, it's also
what other distributions do</li>
<li>make the imaevmsign plugin build in a multibuild flavor</li>
<li>rpm2archive: use size 0 for hardlinked files as bnew versions of
gnu tar reject non-zero sizes [bsc#1269150]</li>
<li>backport fix for add_sysuser macro [bsc#1269571]</li>
<li>backport rpmuncompress security fix [bsc#1268747] [CVE-2026-44604]</li>
<li>switch from rpmpgp_legacy to libpgpr</li>
<li>multiple bug fixes, support for v5 and v6 signatures</li>
<li>turn on imaevm file signature support and move the imaevm code
that needs the libimaevm library into a plugin. Put this
plugin into a new "rpm-imaevmsign" subpackage. [jsc#PED-7246]</li>
<li>Fix "unexpected EOF" when using rpmbuild to install ELF binaries
due to syntax error in /usr/lib/rpm/brp-strip. (boo#1259215)</li>
<li>Remove /var/lib/rpm migration scripting, retain an error if old
location is found</li>
<li>Use systemd-tmpfiles to create & maintain /var/lib/rpm symlink
(boo#1253139)</li>
<li>flush scriptlet notification messages in --runposttrans</li>
<li>needed to fix leaking tmp files [bsc#1218459]</li>
<li>added "rpm_flushes_runposttrans" provides for libzypp</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 for SAP applications 16.0
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1688</code>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1688</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-rpm-debugsource-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-imaevmsign-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-build-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-imaevmsign-debugsource-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-syslog-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>librpmbuild10-debuginfo-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-ima-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-selinux-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-build-debuginfo-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-debuginfo-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>python313-rpm-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-fapolicyd-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>python313-rpm-debuginfo-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-devel-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-prioreset-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-debugsource-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-unshare-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-imaevmsign-debuginfo-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>librpmbuild10-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-rpm-debugsource-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-imaevmsign-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-build-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-imaevmsign-debugsource-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-syslog-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>librpmbuild10-debuginfo-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-ima-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-selinux-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-build-debuginfo-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-debuginfo-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>python313-rpm-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-fapolicyd-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>python313-rpm-debuginfo-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-devel-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-prioreset-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-debugsource-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-unshare-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>rpm-plugin-imaevmsign-debuginfo-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
<li>librpmbuild10-4.20.1-160000.3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44604.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44604.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44605.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44605.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218459">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218459</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253139">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253139</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259215">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259215</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268747">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268747</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269150">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269150</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269571">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269571</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269584">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269584</a>
</li>
</ul>
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