OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11260-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2026-07-12 00:00 - Updated: 2026-07-12 00:00
Summary
patch-2.8-3.1 on GA media
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: patch-2.8-3.1 on GA media
Description of the patch: These are all security issues fixed in the patch-2.8-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-11260
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2026-56288
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Tumbleweed:patch-2.8-3.1.aarch64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Tumbleweed:patch-2.8-3.1.ppc64le —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Tumbleweed:patch-2.8-3.1.s390x —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Tumbleweed:patch-2.8-3.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2026-56289
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Tumbleweed:patch-2.8-3.1.aarch64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Tumbleweed:patch-2.8-3.1.ppc64le —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Tumbleweed:patch-2.8-3.1.s390x —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Tumbleweed:patch-2.8-3.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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