SUSE-SU-2026:21257-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202621257-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:21257-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2026:21257-1
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-4878
Related
  • CVE-2026-4878
Published
2026-04-20T16:57:37Z
Modified
2026-04-24T18:25:14Z
Summary
Security update for libcap
Details

This update for libcap fixes the following issue:

  • CVE-2026-4878: local privilege escalation through file capability injection due to TOCTOU race condition in cap_set_file() (bsc#1261809).
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Micro 6.1 / libcap

Package

Name
libcap
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/libcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.69-slfo.1.1_2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "libcap2":  "2.69-slfo.1.1_2.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:21257-1.json"