# Missing exit out of permission check in haveged could lead to root exploit

CVE record · `CVE-2026-41054`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-41054`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** suse
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-305](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/305.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-305](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-305.md)
- **Technologies:** [Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/container-suse-sle-micro-rancher-5-3-latest.md) · [Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:latest](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/container-suse-sle-micro-rancher-5-4-latest.md) · [Container suse/sle-micro/5.5:latest](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/container-suse-sle-micro-5-5-latest.md) · [SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-image-sles15-sp4-sap-byos.md) · [SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-Azure](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-image-sles15-sp4-sap-byos-azure.md) · [SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-EC2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-image-sles15-sp4-sap-byos-ec2.md) · [SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-GCE](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-image-sles15-sp4-sap-byos-gce.md) · [SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-image-sles15-sp4-sap-hardened.md) · [SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-image-sles15-sp4-sap-hardened-byos.md) · [SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-image-sles15-sp4-sap-hardened-byos-azure.md) · [SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-EC2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-image-sles15-sp4-sap-hardened-byos-ec2.md) · [SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-GCE](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-image-sles15-sp4-sap-hardened-byos-gce.md) · [SUSE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-GCE](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-image-sles15-sp4-sap-hardened-gce.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-desktop-15-sp7.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-high-performance-computing-15-sp7.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-module-for-basesystem-15-sp7.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-15-sp7.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-server-for-sap-applications-15-sp7.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-high-performance-computing-15-sp4-espos.md) · [SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/suse-linux-enterprise-high-performance-computing-15-sp4-ltss.md)
- **Published:** 20 May 2026
- **Updated:** 5 Jun 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: suse) at 20 May 2026, 08:56 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:latest.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:latest.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Container suse/sle-micro/5.5:latest.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Container suse/sle-micro/5.5:latest.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-Azure.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-Azure.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-EC2.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-EC2.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-GCE.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-GCE.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-EC2.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-EC2.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-GCE.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-GCE.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-GCE.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-GCE.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150400.3.11.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged-devel`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged-devel`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged-devel`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged-devel`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `libhavege2`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged`
- Vendor: SUSE. Product: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7.
  - affected: `? to before 1.9.14-150600.11.6.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `haveged-devel`

And 46 more products. The full list is on the CVE record: <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41054>

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (suse)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0019, the 8th percentile, on 6 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 20 May 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-41054](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41054)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-41054](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41054)

### References from the CNA

- <https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-41054>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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