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SUSE Libinput Important Local Escalation Vuln 2026-2523-1

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Address important vulnerabilities in libinput with SUSE's latest security update. Recommended patch instructions included.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for libinput fixes the following issues * CVE-2026-50265,CVE-2026-50292: crafted uinput devices can lead to local privilege escalation (bsc#1267852). ## 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 15 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-2523=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-2523=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-2523=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-2523=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important local escalation OpenSUSE libinput

References

* bsc#1267852

Cross-

* CVE-2026-50265

* CVE-2026-50292

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-50265 ( 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-2026-50265 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-50265 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-50292 ( NVD ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-50292 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2523-1
Release Date: 2026-06-23T08:52:48Z
Rating: important

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