---
id: CVE-2026-104618
title: >-
  On request the `sdbootutil` script creates a world-readable debug log in
  /var/log/sdbootutil.log
summary: >-
  On request the `sdbootutil` script creates a world-readable debug log in
  /var/log/sdbootutil.log. The log file is created world-readable, however,
  which means that arbitrary low-privileged users in the system will be able to
  extract secr…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-732
vendor: SUSE
product: sdbootutil
affected:
  - sdbootutil ?
  - sdbootutil ?
  - sdbootutil ?
  - sdbootutil >= ? < 278458aeb7d8f995c0e3dc9d19d2dcba50795a42
published: '2026-10-15'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T09:17:16.263'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104618'
references:
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2026-104618'
    label: meissner@suse.de
  - url: 'https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-104618.html'
    label: meissner@suse.de
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T08:58:33.094Z'
---

## Overview

On request the `sdbootutil` script creates a world-readable debug log in /var/log/sdbootutil.log. The log file is created world-readable, however, which means that arbitrary low-privileged users in the system will be able to extract secrets from it.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.