Security update for firewalld

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1872-1
Release Date: 2026-05-15T15:22:47Z
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-4948 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-4948 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2026-4948 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP7
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • Python 3 Module 15-SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for firewalld fixes the following issue:

  • CVE-2026-4948: local unprivileged users can modify the runtime firewall state without proper authentication due to D-Bus setter mis-authorizations (bsc#1260903).

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 15.6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1872=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-1872=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2026-1872=1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP7-2026-1872=1
  • Python 3 Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python3-15-SP7-2026-1872=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    • firewall-macros-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • firewalld-test-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • python3-firewall-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • python311-firewall-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • firewalld-lang-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • firewalld-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • firewall-config-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • firewalld-zsh-completion-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • firewall-applet-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • firewalld-bash-completion-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    • python3-firewall-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • firewalld-lang-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • firewalld-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • firewalld-zsh-completion-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • firewalld-bash-completion-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    • firewall-applet-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
    • firewall-config-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
  • Development Tools Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    • firewall-macros-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1
  • Python 3 Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    • python311-firewall-2.0.1-150600.3.15.1

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