Security update for libcap

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1432-1
Release Date: 2026-04-17T10:13:04Z
Rating: important
References:
Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-4878 ( 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-2026-4878 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-4878 ( NVD ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/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
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libcap fixes the following issue:

  • CVE-2026-4878: Address a potential TOCTOU race condition in cap_set_file() (bsc#1261809).

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-1432=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-1432=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-1432=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-devel-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
    • libcap2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • libcap2-64bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-64bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-64bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-64bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-devel-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (x86_64)
    • libcap2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-devel-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (x86_64)
    • libcap2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-devel-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (x86_64)
    • libcap2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-devel-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libcap2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-devel-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libcap2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-devel-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (x86_64)
    • libcap2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-devel-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (x86_64)
    • libcap2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-devel-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (x86_64)
    • libcap2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-devel-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (x86_64)
    • libcap2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-devel-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libcap2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libcap-debugsource-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libpsx2-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-devel-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap-progs-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (x86_64)
    • libcap2-32bit-2.63-150400.3.6.1
    • libcap2-32bit-debuginfo-2.63-150400.3.6.1

References: