SUSE · Security update for cpupower
Affects SUSESource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 21:28 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 22 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Apply the official SUSE security update for cpupower that includes the fix for CVE-2026-80663. This update hardens the daemon pidfile open operation and addresses other stability and correctness issues. No additional mitigation actions are specified or required beyond applying this update.
Description
A security update for the SUSE cpupower tool addresses CVE-2026-80663, which involves hardening the daemon pidfile open operation in the intel-speed-select component. The update includes multiple fixes improving stability and correctness in cpupower and related tools.
References
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2026_24362-1.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202624362-1/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1278335 (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-80663/ (opens in a new tab)