# CERT-FR Advisory: Multiple SUSE Vulnerabilities

Published: 2026-10-23 · Severity: routine
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/3ef81221-d0f9-5e7f-9a21-c36d4aeee08c/cert-fr-advisory-multiple-suse-vulnerabilities

> CERT-FR advisory lists hundreds of CVEs affecting SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE products, including RCE and privilege escalation flaws; patches available.

CERT-FR published a bulletin (CERTFR-2026-AVI-1372) consolidating multiple SUSE security updates (SUSE-SU-2026 series) released between October 12 and October 22, 2026. The advisory covers a very large number of CVEs affecting a broad range of SUSE products, including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (multiple service packs and the new 16.0 release), SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, High Availability Extension, High Performance Computing, Live Patching, Real Time, Micro, and SAP Applications variants, as well as openSUSE Leap 15.4/15.5/15.6 and various modules (Basesystem, Development Tools, Legacy, Public Cloud).

The vulnerabilities span a wide range of impact categories: remote code execution, privilege escalation, denial of service, data confidentiality and integrity breaches, and security policy bypass. No specific exploitation details, affected components, or in-the-wild exploitation status are detailed in the advisory text itself; it functions as a pointer to the underlying SUSE security bulletins for patch information. Given the sheer scale (several hundred CVEs referenced) this is consistent with a routine consolidated patch rollup covering kernel and userspace package updates across the SUSE product line rather than a single exploited vulnerability.

Defenders running any SUSE Linux Enterprise or openSUSE systems should review the referenced SUSE-SU bulletins for the specific packages and CVEs applicable to their deployed products and service packs, and apply vendor patches according to standard change-management processes. Given the volume of CVEs and lack of indication of active exploitation, this should be treated as routine patch management rather than an emergency response, though RCE and privilege escalation CVEs within the set should be prioritized once identified against the organization's installed package inventory.

## Mentioned in this report

- Vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-26730, CVE-2025-38704, CVE-2025-40136, CVE-2026-100075, CVE-2026-23128, CVE-2026-23199, CVE-2026-23352, CVE-2026-31523, CVE-2026-31689, CVE-2026-43210, CVE-2026-43272, CVE-2026-43409, CVE-2026-43448, CVE-2026-45836, CVE-2026-45872, CVE-2026-46044, CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46149, CVE-2026-46196, CVE-2026-46272, CVE-2026-46304, CVE-2026-52912, CVE-2026-53061, CVE-2026-53131, CVE-2026-53284, CVE-2026-53377, CVE-2026-53384, CVE-2026-53400, CVE-2026-63794, CVE-2026-63795, CVE-2026-63838, CVE-2026-63881, CVE-2026-63883, CVE-2026-63887, CVE-2026-63890, CVE-2026-63913, CVE-2026-63939, CVE-2026-63956, CVE-2026-63963, CVE-2026-63983

Source reporting: https://www.cert.cyber.gouv.fr/avis/CERTFR-2026-AVI-1372

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