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openSUSE sudo Important Privilege Escalation Fix 2026-1309-1 CVE-2026-35535

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Calendar Grey April 14, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Install important security patches for sudo in openSUSE to mitigate the CVE-2026-35535 privilege escalation issue.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for sudo fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-35535: Fixed potential privilege escalation when running the mailer (bsc#1261420). ## 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 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-1309=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1309=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1309=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1309=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1309=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update privilege escalation important sudo OpenSUSE

References

* bsc#1261420

Cross-

* CVE-2026-35535

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-35535 ( SUSE ): 7.5

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

* CVE-2026-35535 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-35535 ( NVD ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1309-1
Release Date: 2026-04-14T10:39:43Z
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory software update privilege escalation important sudo OpenSUSE

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