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openSUSE libinput Important Local Privilege Escalation Fix 2026-2523-1

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
# Security update for libinput Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2523-1 Release Date: 2026-06-23T08:52:4
An update that solves two vulnerabilities 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).

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege important escalation OpenSUSE libinput

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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-2523=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-2523=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-2523=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-2523=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-2523=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)

* libinput-debugsource-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput10-debuginfo-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput-udev-debuginfo-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput-tools-debuginfo-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput10-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput-devel-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput-udev-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput-tools-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64

x86_64)

* libinput-debugsource-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput10-debuginfo-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput-udev-debuginfo-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput-tools-debuginfo-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput10-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput-devel-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput-udev-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput-tools-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64

x86_64)

* libinput-debugsource-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput10-debuginfo-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

* libinput-udev-debuginfo-1.21.0-150500.3.3.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1267852

## References:

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

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267852

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2523-1
Release Date: 2026-06-23T08:52:48Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege important escalation OpenSUSE libinput

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