Security update for nfs-utils

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2026:1356-1
Release Date:	2026-04-15T13:43:53Z
Rating:	moderate
References:	bsc#1246505 bsc#1259204
Cross-References:	CVE-2025-12801
CVSS scores:	CVE-2025-12801 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-12801 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2025-12801 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products:	Basesystem Module 15-SP7 openSUSE Leap 15.6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 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 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for nfs-utils fixes the following issue:

Security fixes:

• CVE-2025-12801: rpc.mountd allows a NFSv3 client to escalate their privileges and access subdirectories and subtrees of an exported directory (bsc#1259204).

Other fixes:

• Split from nfs-utils into its own spec and changelog file (bsc#1246505).
• Split legacy libnfsidmap0 into a separate spec file (bsc#1246505).

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-2026-1356=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-1356=1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP7
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-1356=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-1356=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-1356=1

Package List:

• openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
  • nfs-kernel-server-debuginfo-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap0-0.26-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-doc-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-client-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-kernel-server-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-utils-debugsource-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap0-debugsource-0.26-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap1-1.0-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-utils-debuginfo-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfsidmap-devel-1.0-150600.28.19.1
  • nfsidmap0-devel-0.26-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap0-debuginfo-0.26-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-client-debuginfo-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap1-debuginfo-1.0-150600.28.19.1
• Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • nfs-kernel-server-debuginfo-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap0-0.26-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-doc-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-client-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-kernel-server-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-utils-debugsource-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap1-1.0-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-utils-debuginfo-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfsidmap-devel-1.0-150600.28.19.1
  • nfsidmap0-devel-0.26-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap0-debuginfo-0.26-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-client-debuginfo-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap1-debuginfo-1.0-150600.28.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • nfs-kernel-server-debuginfo-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap0-0.26-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-doc-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-client-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-kernel-server-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-utils-debugsource-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap1-1.0-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-utils-debuginfo-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfsidmap-devel-1.0-150600.28.19.1
  • nfsidmap0-devel-0.26-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-client-debuginfo-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap1-debuginfo-1.0-150600.28.19.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • nfs-kernel-server-debuginfo-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap0-0.26-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-doc-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-client-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-kernel-server-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-utils-debugsource-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap1-1.0-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-utils-debuginfo-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • nfsidmap-devel-1.0-150600.28.19.1
  • nfsidmap0-devel-0.26-150600.28.19.1
  • nfs-client-debuginfo-2.6.4-150600.28.19.1
  • libnfsidmap1-debuginfo-1.0-150600.28.19.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-12801.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246505
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1259204