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<h1>Security update for sudo</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:21252-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-04-16T12:53:36Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>important</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261420">bsc#1261420</a>
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Cross-References:
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35535.html">CVE-2026-35535</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-35535</span>
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(
SUSE
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<span class="cvss-score">7.5</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-35535</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-35535</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">7.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Micro 6.1</li>
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<p>An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for sudo fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2026-35535: unhandled failure of <code>setuid</code>, <code>setgid</code> or <code>setgroups</code> calls during a mailer privilege drop allows
for local privilege escalation (bsc#1261420). </li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
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<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-491=1</code>
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</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>sudo-debugsource-1.9.15p5-slfo.1.1_3.1</li>
<li>sudo-1.9.15p5-slfo.1.1_3.1</li>
<li>sudo-debuginfo-1.9.15p5-slfo.1.1_3.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35535.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35535.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261420">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261420</a>
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