SUSE SLES16 : Security update of open-vm-tools (SUSE-SU-2026:20100-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 296425

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:20100-1 advisory.

Update to open-vm-tools 13.0.5 based on build 24915695. (boo#1250692):

Please refer to the Release Notes at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/ReleaseNotes.md.

The granular changes that have gone into the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release are in the ChangeLog at https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/stable-13.0.5/open-vm-tools/ChangeLog.

There are no new features in the open-vm-tools 13.0.5 release. This is primarily a maintenance release that addresses a security issue.

This release resolves and includes the patch for CVE-2025-41244. For more information on this vulnerability and its impact on Broadcom products, see VMSA-2025-0015.

A minor enhancement has been made for Guest OS Customization. The DeployPkg plugin has been updated to use systemctl reboot, if available.

For a more complete list of issues addressed in this release, see the What's New and Resolved Issues section of the Release Notes.

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 296425

File Name: suse_SU-2026-20100-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/24/2026

Updated: 1/24/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-41244

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:open-vm-tools-containerinfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvmtools-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:open-vm-tools-sdmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:open-vm-tools-desktop, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:open-vm-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvmtools0

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: 1/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2025

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/20/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-41244

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:20100-1

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