SUSE-SU-2026:20969-1

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Security update for polkit

view advisory published 2026-04-07

Security update for polkit

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describes (1)

Related CVEs.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2026-4897US——
A flaw was found in polkit. A local user can exploit this by providing a specially crafted, excessively long input to the `polkit-agent-helper-1` setuid binary via standard input (…
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remediations (13)

  • Fixedlibexpat1-0:2.7.1-160000.5.1.aarch64 as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedlibexpat1-0:2.7.1-160000.5.1.ppc64le as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedlibexpat1-0:2.7.1-160000.5.1.s390x as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedlibexpat1-0:2.7.1-160000.5.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedlibpolkit-agent-1-0-0:121-4.1.aarch64 as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedlibpolkit-agent-1-0-0:121-4.1.s390x as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedlibpolkit-agent-1-0-0:121-4.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedlibpolkit-gobject-1-0-0:121-4.1.aarch64 as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedlibpolkit-gobject-1-0-0:121-4.1.s390x as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedlibpolkit-gobject-1-0-0:121-4.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedpolkit-0:121-4.1.aarch64 as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedpolkit-0:121-4.1.s390x as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

  • Fixedpolkit-0:121-4.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Micro 6.0

    To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

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