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SUSE cifs-utils Important Privilege Escalation Vuln 2026-22888-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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An important update for cifs-utils addresses a local privilege escalation risk in SUSE Linux Micro 6.1. Install now.
A security update for cifs-utils addresses a local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-12505) in SUSE Linux Micro 6.1, available via recommended installation methods.

Summary

## This update for cifs-utils fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-12505: cifs.upcall local privilege escalation via request_key- controlled namespace switch and NSS loading (bsc#1267389). ## 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 Micro 6.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-620=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * cifs-utils-debuginfo-7.0-slfo.1.1_4.1 * wb-cifs-idmap-plugin-7.0-slfo.1.1_4.1 * cifs-utils-debugsource-7.0-slfo.1.1_4.1 * cifs-utils-7.0-slfo.1.1_4.1 * wb-cifs-idmap-plugin-debuginfo-7.0-slfo.1.1_4.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue SuSE privilege escalation important cifs-utils

References

* bsc#1267389

Cross-

* CVE-2026-12505

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-12505 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-12505 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-12505 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12505.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267389

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22888-1
Release Date: 2026-07-21T16:43:59Z
Rating: important

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