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SUSE Libinput Important Privilege Escalation Vuln 2026-2530-1

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Calendar Grey June 23, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical security update for libinput addresses two issues that could lead to local privilege escalation in SUSE systems.
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 SP4 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-2530=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-2530=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-2530=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical SuSE privilege escalation important 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 15.4

* 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 Server 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2530-1
Release Date: 2026-06-23T10:03:23Z
Rating: important

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security advisory critical SuSE privilege escalation important libinput

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