Security update for wicked

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2349-1
Release Date: 2026-06-10T14:53:51Z
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-44932 ( SUSE ): 5.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
  • CVE-2026-44932 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem 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 wicked fixes the following issue

  • CVE-2026-44932: indirect remote shell command injection via unsanitized DHCP options (bsc#1265221).

Changes for wicked:

  • Update to version 0.6.79
  • Fix to escape single-quotes in leaseinfo dump output used by the wicked test dhcp4 and wicked test dhcp6 and written to the /run/wicked/leaseinfo.* files, e.g. to pass them to netconfig. A netconfig modify filtered for strict key='value' lines without any escaped quotes and discarded these lines already before.
  • Fix posix-tz-dbname and tz-string option processing checks to permit only valid characters according to RFC4833.
  • Discard string values containing single-quotes in other options.
  • Trigger to regenerate initrd that may contain wicked binaries on updates from wicked versions <= 0.6.78.

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-2349=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • wicked-debugsource-0.6.79-150700.3.3.1
    • wicked-0.6.79-150700.3.3.1
    • wicked-debuginfo-0.6.79-150700.3.3.1
    • wicked-nbft-0.6.79-150700.3.3.1
    • wicked-service-0.6.79-150700.3.3.1

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