SUSE · Security update for ovmf
Affects SUSESource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.
Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 08:20 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 18% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 21 Oct 2025
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 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Description
A medium severity security update for ovmf addresses CVE-2025-59438, a padding oracle attack vulnerability in mbedtls. This vulnerability allows an attacker to exploit timing differences in cipher error reporting to potentially decrypt data. No specific affected versions or patch details are provided in the input data.
References
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2026_20499-1.json (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1252441 (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59438/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2026_21018-1.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202621018-1/ (opens in a new tab)
- lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-April/045388.html (opens in a new tab)