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openSUSE cifs-utils Important Local Escalation Vulnerability 2026-2699-1

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
# Security update for cifs-utils Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2699-1 Release Date: 2026-06-30T09:21
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for cifs-utils fixes the following issue

* CVE-2026-12505: cifs.upcall local privilege escalation via request_key-

controlled namespace switch and NSS loading (bsc#1267389).

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Topics Covered

security advisory local privilege escalation important OpenSUSE cifs-utils 2026:2699-1

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-2026-2699=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-2699=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-2699=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-2699=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-2699=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-2699=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-2699=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch...

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Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)

* cifs-utils-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-debuginfo-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-debugsource-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-devel-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64

x86_64)

* cifs-utils-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-debuginfo-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-debugsource-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-devel-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64

x86_64)

* cifs-utils-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-debuginfo-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-debugsource-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-devel-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* pam_cifscreds-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-debuginfo-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-debugsource-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* pam_cifscreds-debuginfo-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* cifs-utils-devel-6.15-150400.3.21.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise...

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References

* bsc#1267389

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12505.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267389

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2699-1
Release Date: 2026-06-30T09:21:47Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS * 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 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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security advisory local privilege escalation important OpenSUSE cifs-utils 2026:2699-1

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