SUSE · Security update for cpupower
Affects SUSESource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 20:07 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
Weaponized: 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 10 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Apply the security update provided by SUSE for cpupower that includes the fix for CVE-2026-80663. This update hardens the daemon pidfile open operation and includes other stability and correctness fixes. No additional mitigation actions are indicated by the vendor.
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 such as turbostat. No active exploitation is reported.