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SUSE 2026-0581-1 openCryptoki Moderate Privilege Escalation Risk

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Calendar Grey February 20, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE releases security update for openCryptoki to fix a privilege escalation and data exposure issue.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for openCryptoki fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-23893: Privilege Escalation or Data Exposure via Symlink Following (bsc#1257116). ## 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 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-581=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64) * openCryptoki-debuginfo-3.17.0-5.19.2 * openCryptoki-64bit-3.17.0-5.19.2 * openCryptoki-debugsource-3.17.0-5.19.2 * openCryptoki-3.17.0-5.19.2 * openCryptoki-devel-3.17.0-5.19.2

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE privilege escalation data exposure opencryptoki

References

* 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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

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

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

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0581-1
Release Date: 2026-02-20T06:38:26Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

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