SUSE SLES16 Security Update : podman (SUSE-SU-2026:20103-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 296440

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:20103-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-31133,CVE-2025-52565,CVE-2025-52881: container breakouts by bypassing runc's restrictions for writing to arbitrary /proc files (bsc#1252376).
- CVE-2025-9566: kube play command may overwrite host files (bsc#1249154).

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 podman, podman-docker, podman-remote and / or podmansh packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 296440

File Name: suse_SU-2026-20103-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/24/2026

Updated: 1/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-52881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-31133

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 7.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-52565

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:podman-remote, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:podman-docker, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:podman, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:podmansh

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: 1/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-31133, CVE-2025-52565, CVE-2025-52881, CVE-2025-9566

IAVA: 2025-A-0674

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:20103-1

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