Upstream information

CVE-2026-25701 at MITRE

Description

An Insecure Temporary File vulnerability in openSUSE sdbootutil allows local users to pre-create a directory to achieve various effects like:
* gain access to possible private information found in /var/lib/pcrlock.d
* manipulate the data backed up in /tmp/pcrlock.d.bak, therefore violating the integrity of the data should it be restored.
* overwrite protected system files with data from /var/lib/pcrlock.d by placing symlinks to existing files in the directory tree in /tmp/pcrlock.d.bak.


This issue affects sdbootutil: from ? before 5880246d3a02642dc68f5c8cb474bf63cdb56bca.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: New

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1258241 [NEW]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Feb 16 14:15:20 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Feb 25 13:03:05 2026