SUSE · Security update for bzip2
Affects SUSESource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 20:06 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 4 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.
Description
This update for bzip2 fixes the following issue: - CVE-2026-42250: off-by-one error in the `bzip2recover` utility when processing a specially crafted file can lead to a crash (bsc#1266786).