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SUSE cifs-utils Important Local Privilege Escalation Vuln 2026-2699-1

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
A critical security update for cifs-utils addressing local escalation risks in SUSE systems is available now.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

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 Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-2699=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-2699=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-2699=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update local privilege escalation SuSE 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:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

Severity
important
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2699-1
Release Date: 2026-06-30T09:21:47Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update local privilege escalation SuSE important cifs-utils

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