CVE-2026-104618: sdbootutil: world-readable debug log

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-10-15 · updated 2026-10-16
Weakness: CWE-732

Description

On request the `sdbootutil` script creates a world-readable debug log in /var/log/sdbootutil.log. The log file is created world-readable, however, which means that arbitrary low-privileged users in the system will be able to extract secrets from it.

Affected products

SUSE openSUSE Leap 16.1: ?
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1: ?
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for NVIDIA 16.1: ?

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-104618
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-104618.html

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