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openSUSE 15.5 Polkit Moderate OOM Condition Vuln 2026-1424-1

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Calendar Grey April 17, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
An update resolves a polkit vulnerability in openSUSE systems, rated moderate with installation instructions.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for polkit fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-4897: Fixed possible OOM condition via specially crafted input to `polkit-agent-helper-1` (bsc#1260859). ## 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 Micro 5.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-1424=1 * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-1424=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1424=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-1424=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

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security advisory moderate OpenSUSE polkit cve-2026-4897 oom condition

References

* bsc#1260859

Cross-

* CVE-2026-4897

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-4897 ( SUSE ): 6.8

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

* CVE-2026-4897 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-4897 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4897.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260859

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1424-1
Release Date: 2026-04-17T08:03:11Z
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate OpenSUSE polkit cve-2026-4897 oom condition

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