What is CVE-2026-104617?

CVE-2026-104617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2026-10-15.

How severe is CVE-2026-104617?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed

CVE-2026-104617

There are two invocations of `qrencode` to display a QR code for scanning. These invocations leak the private data $pin / $key via /proc accessible for arbitrary low-privileged users in the system.

Published 2026-10-15 · last modified 2026-10-15.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

openSUSE Tumbleweed
SUSE openSUSE Leap 16.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server For NVIDIA 16.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-104617.html

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-104617?: CVE-2026-104617 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Tumbleweed, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.1/10. Published 2026-10-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-104617?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.1 out of 10.