SUSE-SU-2026:5142-1: Security update for PackageKit

Published Nov 9, 2026
·
Updated

This update for PackageKit fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-104620: local privilege escalation by any local user can call InstallFiles with the SIMULATE flag without a polkit check (bsc#1284954).

Other sources

This update for PackageKit fixes the following issue: CVE-2026-104620: local privilege escalation by any local user can call InstallFiles with the SIMULATE flag without a polkit check (bsc#1284954).

— SUSE

Affected Software

89 affected componentsFixes available
suse/packagekit<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (ppc64le x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libpackagekit-glib2-devel<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-devel-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-backend-zypp<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-debugsource<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-devel<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/typelib<1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-backend-zypp-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (noarch)
suse/packagekit-lang<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libpackagekit-glib2-devel<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-devel-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-backend-zypp<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-debugsource<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-devel<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/typelib<1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-backend-zypp-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (noarch)
suse/packagekit-lang<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64 x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libpackagekit-glib2-devel<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-devel-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-backend-zypp<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-debugsource<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-devel<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/typelib<1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-backend-zypp-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (noarch)
suse/packagekit-lang<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libpackagekit-glib2-devel<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-backend-dnf-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-devel-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-backend-dnf<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-backend-zypp<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-debugsource<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-devel<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-gstreamer-plugin-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-gtk3-module-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/typelib<1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-backend-zypp-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-gtk3-module<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-gstreamer-plugin<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-32bit-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-32bit-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-32bit-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-32bit-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2-devel<32bit-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
32bit-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)
Any of the following
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-64bit-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-64bit-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-64bit-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-64bit-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2-devel<64bit-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
64bit-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
All of the following
SUSE openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch)
Any of the following
suse/packagekit-branding-upstream<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-lang<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
Any of the following
suse/libpackagekit-glib2-devel<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-devel-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-backend-zypp<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-debugsource<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-devel<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/typelib<1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-backend-zypp-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/libpackagekit-glib2<18-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
18-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
suse/packagekit-debuginfo<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
All of the following
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS (noarch)
suse/packagekit-lang<1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
1.2.4-150400.3.37.1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libpackagekit-glib2-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libpackagekit-glib2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-devel-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  5. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-backend-zypp to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  6. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-debugsource to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  7. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  8. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/typelib to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1_0-PackageKitGlib-1_0-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  9. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-backend-zypp-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  10. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libpackagekit-glib2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  11. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  12. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-lang to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  13. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-backend-dnf-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  14. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-backend-dnf to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  15. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  16. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-gtk3-module-debuginfo to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  17. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-gtk3-module to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  18. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  19. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libpackagekit-glib2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18-32bit-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  20. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libpackagekit-glib2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18-32bit-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  21. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libpackagekit-glib2-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 32bit-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  22. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libpackagekit-glib2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18-64bit-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  23. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libpackagekit-glib2 to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 18-64bit-debuginfo-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  24. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/libpackagekit-glib2-devel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 64bit-1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  25. Upgrade

    Upgrade suse/PackageKit-branding-upstream to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.2.4-150400.3.37.1
  26. Upgrade

    Upgrade PackageKit to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-2026-5142
  27. Upgrade

    Upgrade PackageKit to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-5142
  28. Upgrade

    Upgrade PackageKit to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-5142
  29. Upgrade

    Upgrade PackageKit to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-5142
  30. Upgrade

    Upgrade PackageKit to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-5142

Event History

Nov 9, 2026
Advisory Published
via OSV·01:33 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·01:33 PM
DescriptionAffected Software
Data Sourced
via SUSE·01:33 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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