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openSUSE 15.5 Polkit Moderate DoS Threat SUSE-SU-2026-1424-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey April 17, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An update for polkit resolves a moderate severity DoS risk on openSUSE impacting system stability.
An update that solves one vulnerability 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).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS OpenSUSE polkit OOM

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 Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-1424=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-1424=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1424=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-1424=1

Package List

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libpolkit-agent-1-0-debuginfo-121-150500.3.11.1

* polkit-121-150500.3.11.1

* libpolkit-gobject-1-0-debuginfo-121-150500.3.11.1

* polkit-debuginfo-121-150500.3.11.1

* polkit-debugsource-121-150500.3.11.1

* libpolkit-agent-1-0-121-150500.3.11.1

* libpolkit-gobject-1-0-121-150500.3.11.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libpolkit-agent-1-0-debuginfo-121-150500.3.11.1

* libpolkit-gobject-1-0-debuginfo-121-150500.3.11.1

* polkit-121-150500.3.11.1

* polkit-devel-121-150500.3.11.1

* polkit-debuginfo-121-150500.3.11.1

* typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-121-150500.3.11.1

* pkexec-121-150500.3.11.1

* pkexec-debuginfo-121-150500.3.11.1

* polkit-debugsource-121-150500.3.11.1

* polkit-devel-debuginfo-121-150500.3.11.1

* libpolkit-agent-1-0-121-150500.3.11.1

* libpolkit-gobject-1-0-121-150500.3.11.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libpolkit-agent-1-0-debuginfo-121-150500.3.11.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1260859

## References:

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260859

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1424-1
Release Date: 2026-04-17T08:03:11Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate DoS OpenSUSE polkit OOM

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