Back Linuxsecurity openSUSE Leap 16.0 polkit Moderate OOM Vulnerability CVE-2026
- CVE-2026-4897: Fixed possible OOM condition via specially crafted input to `polkit-agent-helper-1` (bsc#1260859).
To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-907=1
libpolkit-agent-1-0-123-160000.3.1
libpolkit-gobject-1-0-123-160000.3.1
pkexec-123-160000.3.1
polkit-123-160000.3.1
polkit-devel-123-160000.3.1
polkit-doc-123-160000.3.1
typelib-1_0-Polkit-1_0-123-160000.3.1
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