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Important news for openSUSE fixes privilege escalation flaw in Libinput

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This important openSUSE update for libinput resolves two issues with local privilege escalation.
An update that solves 2 vulnerabilities and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for libinput fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-50265,CVE-2026-50292: crafted uinput devices can lead to local privilege escalation (bsc#1267852).

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-16.0-956=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue privilege escalation important OpenSUSE libinput

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

libinput-debug-gui-1.28.1-160000.3.1

libinput-devel-1.28.1-160000.3.1

libinput-tools-1.28.1-160000.3.1

libinput-udev-1.28.1-160000.3.1

libinput10-1.28.1-160000.3.1

References

* bsc#1267852

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50265.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50292.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21091-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue privilege escalation important OpenSUSE libinput

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