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RHSA-2026:67886

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2026-09-16 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-16 18:52
Summary
security update for coreutils
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for coreutils
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2026:67886. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67886.
Patchnames: RHSA-2026:67886
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-2026-56391
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 10:coreutils-9.5-8.el10_2.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 10:coreutils-common-9.5-8.el10_2.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 10:coreutils-single-9.5-8.el10_2.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
CVE-2026-56392
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Affected products
Recommended 3 products, the same list as for CVE-2026-56391
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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