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Security update for kbd
This update for kbd fixes the following issue: - CVE-2026-72693: local privilege escalation in `openvt` due to incorrect process owner verification that allows `passwordless` root login (bsc#1275441).
Announced Group revision 1
Original source ↗SUSE-SU-2026:23742-1
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: osv:SUSE-SU-2026:23742-1
kbd
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 2.6.4-slfo.1.1_2.1
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.6.4-slfo.1.1_2.1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "kbd",
"purl": "pkg:rpm/suse/kbd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1",
"ecosystem": "SUSE:Linux Micro 6.1"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:23742-1.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"kbd": "2.6.4-slfo.1.1_2.1"
}
]
}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #19939 · Revision 1
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