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openSUSE Leap 16.0 polkit Moderate OOM Vulnerability CVE-2026-4897

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Calendar Grey June 9, 2026
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Update for polkit on openSUSE addresses a memory issue, critical for system performance and security. Install now!
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for polkit fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-4897: Fixed possible OOM condition via specially crafted input to `polkit-agent-helper-1` (bsc#1260859).

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security 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 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-907=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS memory issue OpenSUSE polkit

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

libpolkit-agent-1-0-123-160000.3.1

libpolkit-gobject-1-0-123-160000.3.1

pkexec-123-160000.3.1

polkit-123-160000.3.1

polkit-devel-123-160000.3.1

polkit-doc-123-160000.3.1

typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-123-160000.3.1

References

* bsc#1260859

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4897.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20925-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS memory issue OpenSUSE polkit

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