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openSUSE: usbmuxd Local Privilege Escalation Risk - CVE-2025-66004

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Calendar Grey January 6, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A security advisory for openSUSE addresses a moderate local privilege escalation issue in usbmuxd, detail included.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for usbmuxd fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2025-66004: Fixed LPE from nobody to usbmux (bsc#1254302)

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security advisory moderate local privilege escalation threat OpenSUSE usbmuxd

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 Package Hub 15 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP7-2026-42=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP7-2026-42=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-42=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-42=1

Package List

* SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x)

* usbmuxd-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* usbmuxd-debugsource-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* usbmuxd-debuginfo-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 (x86_64)

* usbmuxd-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* usbmuxd-debugsource-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* usbmuxd-debuginfo-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* usbmuxd-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* usbmuxd-debugsource-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* usbmuxd-debuginfo-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)

* usbmuxd-32bit-debuginfo-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)

* usbmuxd-64bit-debuginfo-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* usbmuxd-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* usbmuxd-debugsource-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* usbmuxd-debuginfo-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* usbmuxd-32bit-debuginfo-1.1.1-150400.3.3.1

References

* bsc#1254302

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-66004.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254302

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0042-1
Release Date: 2026-01-06T10:35:00Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 * SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7

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