🛡️ openSUSE-SU-2026:21423-1 — jline3 (CVE-2026-56740 +1 more)
Description
Security update for jline3
This update for jline3 fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2026-56740: unauthenticated remote memory exhaustion via unbounded Telnet
NEW-ENVIRONvariables (bsc#1269021). - CVE-2026-56741: unauthenticated remote DoS via Unbounded Telnet NAWS Terminal Geometry (bsc#1270083).
Changes for jline3:
- Update to upstream version 3.30.15
+ fix: guard regex matching against catastrophic backtracking
(ReDoS) (#2018, backport of #2012):
- Adds SafeRegex utility with TimeoutCharSequence to enforce
wall-clock deadlines during regex matching
- Fixes 8 locations across terminal, reader, and builtins
where user-controlled input could trigger catastrophic
backtracking
- Addresses GHSA-r2xf-8xr9-62gw, GHSA-2v9w-34q6-wpqx,
GHSA-ph9c-7hw9-vhhw, GHSA-5q95-hrpc-m3w3
+ fix: backport security hardening (#1986, #1995):
- Create persisted history file with owner-only permissions
- Use exclusive create for extracted native library temp files
+ fix: warn on insecure permissions when history file created
concurrently
Affected software
openSUSE-SU-2026:21423-1 is recorded against 1 package.
- jline3 (fixed in 3.30.15-160000.1.1)
Timeline and source
Published on 22 July 2026 and last revised on 24 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
bugzilla.suse.com (Report)
bugzilla.suse.com (Report)
www.suse.com (Web)
www.suse.com (Web)
Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| jline3 | — | 3.30.15-160000.1.1 |
References
Similar Threats
- Unknown openSUSE-SU-2026:11338-1
- Unknown SUSE-SU-2026:22856-1
- Unknown DEBIAN-CVE-2026-56740
- Unknown DEBIAN-CVE-2026-56741
- Unknown UBUNTU-CVE-2026-56740
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