RCE in SUSE Yast2-Auth-Client

CVE-2026-59681

A OS command injection vulnerability in yast2-auth-client allows an attacker who controls Active Directory configuration values to execute arbitrary commands as root on the configured host. Auth::AuthConf in src/lib/auth/authconf.rb assembles the Samba net ads join, net ads lookup -S and net ads testjoin invocations by interpolating configuration values into a single command string and passing that string to Open3.popen2 / Open3.capture2, which causes Ruby to run it through /bin/sh. The Organizational Unit (ou), dnshostname, AD user name and AD domain name values are neither validated nor shell-quoted.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.011 (64.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-59681?
CVE-2026-59681 is a high-severity vulnerability in SUSE Yast2-Auth-Client, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-59681?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.