SUSE · Security update for cpupower
Affects SUSESource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Nov 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 6 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Apply the official security update from SUSE that includes the fix for CVE-2026-80663 and other related improvements. Since this is an official fix, deploying the update will mitigate the vulnerability.
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 also includes various fixes and improvements to cpupower and turbostat utilities. No CVSS score is provided, but the severity is labeled high.
References
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2026_5123-1.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20265123-1/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1233119 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1241175 (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)