openSUSE 16 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2026:20020-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 284817

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20020-1 advisory.

Changes in chromium:

- Chromium 143.0.7499.192 (boo#1256067):
* CVE-2026-0628: Insufficient policy enforcement in WebView tag

- Chromium 143.0.7499.169 (stable released 2025-12-18)
* no cve listed yet

Chromium 143.0.7499.146 (boo#1255115):

* CVE-2025-14765: Use after free in WebGPU
* CVE-2025-14766: Out of bounds read and write in V8
* CVE-2025-14174: Out of bounds memory access in ANGLE

- Chromium 143.0.7499.109 (boo#1254776):
* CVE-2025-14372: Use after free in Password Manager
* CVE-2025-14373: Inappropriate implementation in Toolbar
* third issue with an exploit is known to exist in the wild

Chromium 143.0.7499.40 (boo#1254429):

* CVE-2025-13630: Type Confusion in V8
* CVE-2025-13631: Inappropriate implementation in Google Updater
* CVE-2025-13632: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools
* CVE-2025-13633: Use after free in Digital Credentials
* CVE-2025-13634: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads
* CVE-2025-13720: Bad cast in Loader
* CVE-2025-13721: Race in v8
* CVE-2025-13635: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads
* CVE-2025-13636: Inappropriate implementation in Split View
* CVE-2025-13637: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads
* CVE-2025-13638: Use after free in Media Stream
* CVE-2025-13639: Inappropriate implementation in WebRTC
* CVE-2025-13640: Inappropriate implementation in Passwords

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 chromedriver and / or chromium packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 284817

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20020-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2026

Updated: 9/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

Percentile: 99.76

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-14766

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13630, CVE-2025-13631, CVE-2025-13632, CVE-2025-13633, CVE-2025-13634, CVE-2025-13635, CVE-2025-13636, CVE-2025-13637, CVE-2025-13638, CVE-2025-13639, CVE-2025-13640, CVE-2025-13720, CVE-2025-13721, CVE-2025-14174, CVE-2025-14372, CVE-2025-14373, CVE-2025-14765, CVE-2025-14766, CVE-2026-0628

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