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CVE-2026-41054NVD status: Awaiting Analysis

Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest: Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

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CVE-2026-41054 is a high-severity authentication bypass by primary weakness vulnerability in Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest from SUSE, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. The record lists version 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1 as the first without the flaw, so updating Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest to that release or later removes the exposure. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.

Next patch cycle

High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.

What to do

  1. Update Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest to 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1 or a later version.
  2. Update Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:latest to 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1 or a later version.
  3. Update Container suse/sle-micro/5.5:latest to 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1 or a later version.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed in
SUSEContainer suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSEContainer suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:latest? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSEContainer suse/sle-micro/5.5:latest? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSEImage SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSEImage SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-Azure? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSEImage SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-EC2? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSEImage SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-GCE? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSEImage SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSEImage SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSEImage SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSEImage SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-EC2? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSEImage SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-GCE? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSEImage SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-GCE? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150600.11.6.11.9.14-150600.11.6.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150600.11.6.11.9.14-150600.11.6.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150600.11.6.11.9.14-150600.11.6.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150600.11.6.11.9.14-150600.11.6.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150600.11.6.11.9.14-150600.11.6.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1
SUSESUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5? up to, but not including, 1.9.14-150400.3.11.11.9.14-150400.3.11.1

Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE; 9 further products are omitted here. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.

How the severity score breaks down

Attack vector
LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
Attack complexity
LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
Privileges required
LowA basic user account is enough.
User interaction
NoneNo action by a victim is required.
Scope
UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality
HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
Integrity
HighData or code can be modified at will.
Availability
HighThe component can be taken down completely.

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (suse.de).

Official description

In `src/havegecmd.c`, the `socket_handler` function performs a credential check on the abstract UNIX socket (`\0/sys/entropy/haveged`). However, while it detects if the connecting user is not root (`cred.uid != 0`) and prepares a negative acknowledgement (`ASCII_NAK`), it **fails to stop execution**. The code proceeds to the `switch` statement, allowing any local unprivileged user to execute privileged commands such as `MAGIC_CHROOT`.

Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.

The underlying weakness: Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness

The authentication algorithm is sound, but the implemented mechanism can be bypassed as the result of a separate weakness that is primary to the authentication error.

More Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness vulnerabilities (CWE-305)

Timeline

  1. CVE record published.
  2. CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
  3. Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).

References

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