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openSUSE Leap 15.6 Moderate Systemd Escape Vulnerability 2026-3244-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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An update addressing one issue in systemd provides crucial fixes for openSUSE. Ensure timely installation for security.
A SUSE security update for systemd addresses CVE-2026-40226 and includes five additional security fixes, impacting various SUSE products and requiring a system reboot after install...

Description

This update for systemd fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

* CVE-2026-40226: nspawn: escape-to-host via malformed optional config file

(bsc#1261400).

Other updates and bugfixes:

* Fix soft reboot not restarting user services with default.target

(bsc#1262305).

* Import commit e46e1952d5 (bsc#1267647 bsc#1262305 bsc#1267644).

* Import commit 429043ca9a (bsc#1261982 bsc#1261983).

* Import commit 58e5d2e21e (bsc#1261982).

* Import commit 4bd91117cc (bsc#1261983).

## Special Instructions and Notes:

* Please reboot the system after installing this update.

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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:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-3244=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-3244=1

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP7-2026-3244=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libudev-mini1-debuginfo-254.27-150600.4.71.1

* systemd-sysvcompat-debuginfo-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* systemd-mini-254.27-150600.4.71.1

* systemd-network-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* systemd-testsuite-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* systemd-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* systemd-resolved-debuginfo-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* libsystemd0-debuginfo-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* systemd-doc-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* udev-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* systemd-journal-remote-debuginfo-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* systemd-networkd-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* udev-mini-debuginfo-254.27-150600.4.71.1

* libudev1-debuginfo-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* systemd-debugsource-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* systemd-homed-debuginfo-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* systemd-networkd-debuginfo-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* systemd-mini-debuginfo-254.27-150600.4.71.1

* systemd-mini-container-debuginfo-254.27-150600.4.71.1

* libsystemd0-254.27-150600.4.71.2

* udev-mini-254.27-150600.4.71.1

* libudev1-254.27-150600.4.71.2

*...

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References

* bsc#1261400

* bsc#1261982

* bsc#1261983

* bsc#1262305

* bsc#1267644

* bsc#1267647

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40226.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261400

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261982

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261983

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262305

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267644

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267647

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3244-1
Release Date: 2026-07-24T13:11:41Z

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