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Severe Permission Escalation Vulnerability in Ubuntu Cloud-Tools-Standard

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE security update for azure-cli-core addresses important privilege escalation risk from CVE-2025-24049, enhancing system safety.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for azure-cli-core fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-24049: Fix improper neutralization of special elements used in a command which allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. (bsc#1239460) ## 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: * Public Cloud Module 12 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2026-273=1 ## Package List: * Public Cloud Module 12 (noarch) * azure-cli-core-2.17.1-2.25.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory unauthorized access SuSE privilege escalation important azure-cli-core

References

* bsc#1239460

Cross-

* CVE-2025-24049

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-24049 ( SUSE ): 8.6

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2025-24049 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-24049 ( NVD ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* Public Cloud Module 12

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0273-1
Release Date: 2026-01-23T11:26:43Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory unauthorized access SuSE privilege escalation important azure-cli-core

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