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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2026:0052-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 282450

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0052-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-14524: bearer token leak on cross-protocol redirect (bsc#1255731).
 - CVE-2025-14819: libssh global knownhost override (bsc#1255732).
 - CVE-2025-15079: libssh key passphrase bypass without agent set (bsc#1255733).
 - CVE-2025-15224: OpenSSL partial chain store policy bypass (bsc#1255734).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected curl, libcurl-devel, libcurl4 and / or libcurl4-32bit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255731

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255732

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255733

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255734

http://www.nessus.org/u?f94df43f

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14524

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-14819

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15079

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15224

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 282450

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0052-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2026

Updated: 1/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-15079

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-14524, CVE-2025-14819, CVE-2025-15079, CVE-2025-15224

IAVA: 2026-A-0005

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0052-1