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openSUSE 16 Security Update : libxml2 (openSUSE-SU-2026:20178-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 298294

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-2026:20178-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-0989: Fixed call stack exhaustion leading to application crash due to RelaxNG parser not limiting the recursion depth when resolving `<include>` directives (bsc#1256805).

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 libxml2-2, libxml2-devel, libxml2-tools and / or python313-libxml2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256805

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0989

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 298294

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20178-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/7/2026

Updated: 2/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0989

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

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:libxml2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-libxml2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libxml2-2

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: 2/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0989