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openSUSE openCryptoki Moderate Privilege Escalation Issue SUSE-2026-0569-1

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Calendar Grey February 17, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
A security update for openCryptoki on openSUSE addresses moderate risks including privilege escalation via symlink exposure.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for openCryptoki fixes the following issues: Security fixes: * CVE-2026-23893: Fixed privilege escalation or data exposure via symlink following (bsc#1257116) Other fixes: * Fixed FIPS mode (bsc#1248002) ## 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: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-569=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-569=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * openCryptoki-3.23.0-150500.3.12.1 * openCryptoki-devel-debuginfo-3.23.0-150500.3.12.1 * openCryptoki-debuginfo-3.23.0-150500.3.12.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate privilege escalation data exposure OpenSUSE opencryptoki

References

* bsc#1248002

* bsc#1257116

Cross-

* CVE-2026-23893

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-23893 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

* CVE-2026-23893 ( NVD ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be

installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23893.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248002

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257116

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0569-1
Release Date: 2026-02-17T12:45:40Z
Rating: moderate

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate privilege escalation data exposure OpenSUSE opencryptoki

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