openSUSE 16 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2026:20054-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 291312

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-2026:20054-1 advisory.

Changes in chromium:

- Chromium 144.0.7559.59 (boo#1256614)
* CVE-2026-0899: Out of bounds memory access in V8
* CVE-2026-0900: Inappropriate implementation in V8
* CVE-2026-0901: Inappropriate implementation in Blink
* CVE-2026-0902: Inappropriate implementation in V8
* CVE-2026-0903: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Downloads
* CVE-2026-0904: Incorrect security UI in Digital Credentials
* CVE-2026-0905: Insufficient policy enforcement in Network
* CVE-2026-0906: Incorrect security UI
* CVE-2026-0907: Incorrect security UI in Split View
* CVE-2026-0908: Use after free in ANGLE
- use noopenh264 where available

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: Critical

ID: 291312

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20054-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/18/2026

Updated: 1/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0908

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0899, CVE-2026-0900, CVE-2026-0901, CVE-2026-0902, CVE-2026-0903, CVE-2026-0904, CVE-2026-0905, CVE-2026-0906, CVE-2026-0907, CVE-2026-0908

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