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openSUSE PackageKit Critical Race Condition CVE-2026-41651 Advisory

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical update for PackageKit addresses race condition allowing arbitrary RPM installation on openSUSE. Update now!
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for PackageKit fixes the following issue:

* CVE-2026-41651: race condition allows for arbitrary RPM package installation

as root and can lead to LPE (bsc#1262220).

## Special Instructions and Notes:

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Topics Covered

security advisory important race condition OpenSUSE PackageKit arbitrary installation

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1939=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-1939=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-1939=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP7-2026-1939=1

* Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2026-1939=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* PackageKit-backend-dnf-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* PackageKit-backend-zypp-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* libpackagekit-glib2-devel-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* PackageKit-backend-dnf-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* PackageKit-backend-zypp-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* PackageKit-devel-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* PackageKit-gtk3-module-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* typelib-1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* PackageKit-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* PackageKit-debugsource-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* libpackagekit-glib2-18-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* PackageKit-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* PackageKit-gtk3-module-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* libpackagekit-glib2-18-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* PackageKit-devel-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libpackagekit-glib2-devel-64bit-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1262220

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41651.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262220

Severity
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Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1939-1
Release Date: 2026-05-18T07:43:59Z
Affected Products: * Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory important race condition OpenSUSE PackageKit arbitrary installation

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