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

high Nessus Plugin ID 284817

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability 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

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

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

Solution

Update the affected chromedriver and / or chromium packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256067

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0628

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 284817

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

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2026

Updated: 1/15/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0628

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/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-2026-0628