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SUSE Bubblewrap Important Local Root Escalation Vuln 2026-21847-1

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Calendar Grey June 1, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important security update for bubblewrap addresses local root escalation risk with CVE-2026-41163 for SUSE customers.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for bubblewrap fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-41163: improper process attachment via ptrace can lead to arbitrary privileged operations and local root escalation (bsc#1263113). ## 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 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-801=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-801=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * bubblewrap-0.11.0-160000.3.1 * bubblewrap-debuginfo-0.11.0-160000.3.1 * bubblewrap-debugsource-0.11.0-160000.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important bubblewrap local root escalation arbitrary privilege

References

* bsc#1263113

Cross-

* CVE-2026-41163

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-41163 ( SUSE ): 7.3

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

* CVE-2026-41163 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-41163 ( NVD ): 8.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41163.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263113

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21847-1
Release Date: 2026-05-26T09:51:49Z
Rating: important

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