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SUSE Linux Enterprise Moderate Polkit OOM Issue Advisory 2026-1655-1

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Calendar Grey April 29, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
An update for SUSE Linux addresses a moderate security issue in polkit, involving an OOM condition. Fix it now!
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 for Rancher 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1655=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1655=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1655=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1655=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

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security advisory moderate SuSE Linux polkit OOM cve-2026-4897

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:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

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-2026:1655-1
Release Date: 2026-04-29T08:43:21Z
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate SuSE Linux polkit OOM cve-2026-4897

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