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SUSE 16.0 libcap Important Update Local Privilege Escalation CVE-2026-4878

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Calendar Grey April 28, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE releases an important update for libcap fixing a local privilege escalation vulnerability. Install now.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for libcap fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-4878: local privilege escalation through file capability injection due to TOCTOU race condition in `cap_set_file()` (bsc#1261809). ## 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 for SAP applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-625=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-625=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64) * libcap-progs-2.73-160000.3.1 * libcap2-2.73-160000.3.1 * libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.73-160000.3.1 * libcap2-debuginfo-2.73-160000.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update local privilege escalation SuSE important libcap

References

* bsc#1261809

Cross-

* CVE-2026-4878

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-4878 ( SUSE ): 7.3

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

* CVE-2026-4878 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-4878 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-4878 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4878.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261809

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21373-1
Release Date: 2026-04-22T10:22:37Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update local privilege escalation SuSE important libcap

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