Which versions of Suse are affected by CVE-2025-62876?

Organizations using A Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in lightdm-kde-greeter should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-62876 rated CVSS 5.3.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-62876?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running lightdm-kde-greeter allows escalation from the service user and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Suse CVE-2025-62876

Q: What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-62876?

CVE-2025-62876 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 5.3 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

MEDIUM

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges (CWE-250)

2025-11-12 meissner@suse.de

Privilege Escalation Suse

5.3

CVSS 4.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

SUSE

MEDIUM

qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch released

Apr 07, 2026 - 08:30 nvd

Patch available

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:21 vuln.today

CVE Published

Nov 12, 2025 - 13:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.3

DescriptionCVE.org

A Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in lightdm-kde-greeter allows escalation from the service user to root.This issue affects lightdm-kde-greeter. before 6.0.4.

AnalysisAI

A Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in lightdm-kde-greeter allows escalation from the service user to root. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-250. A Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in lightdm-kde-greeter allows escalation from the service user to root. before 6.0.4. Version information: before 6.0.4..

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.