Security update for PackageKit

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1939-1
Release Date: 2026-05-18T07:43:59Z
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-41651 ( SUSE ): 9.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
  • CVE-2026-41651 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-41651 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Desktop Applications 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
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for PackageKit fixes the following issue:

  • CVE-2026-41651: race condition allows for arbitrary RPM package installation as root and can lead to LPE (bsc#1262220).

Special Instructions and Notes:

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-2026-1939=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-1939=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-1939=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP7-2026-1939=1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP7-2026-1939=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • PackageKit-backend-dnf-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-backend-zypp-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-devel-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-backend-dnf-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-backend-zypp-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-devel-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-gtk3-module-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • typelib-1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-debugsource-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-18-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-gtk3-module-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-18-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-devel-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • libpackagekit-glib2-devel-64bit-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-18-64bit-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-18-64bit-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)
    • PackageKit-branding-upstream-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-lang-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
    • libpackagekit-glib2-devel-32bit-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-18-32bit-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-18-32bit-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • PackageKit-backend-zypp-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-devel-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-devel-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-backend-zypp-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • typelib-1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-debugsource-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-18-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-18-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-devel-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (noarch)
    • PackageKit-lang-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • PackageKit-backend-zypp-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-devel-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-devel-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-backend-zypp-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • typelib-1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-debugsource-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-18-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-18-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-devel-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (noarch)
    • PackageKit-lang-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP7 (x86_64)
    • PackageKit-gtk3-module-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-gtk3-module-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-debugsource-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • PackageKit-backend-zypp-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-devel-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-devel-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-backend-zypp-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • typelib-1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-debugsource-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-18-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • libpackagekit-glib2-18-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
    • PackageKit-devel-debuginfo-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1
  • Desktop Applications Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    • PackageKit-lang-1.2.8-150600.4.14.1

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