SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : ImageMagick (SUSE-SU-2026:0438-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 298743

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0438-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-22770: improper pointer initialization can cause denial of service (bsc#1256969).
- CVE-2026-23874: manipulation of digital images can lead to stack overflow (bsc#1256976).
- CVE-2026-23876: maliciously crafted image can lead to heap buffer overflow (bsc#1256962).
- CVE-2026-23952: processing comment tag can cause null pointer dereference (bsc#1257076).

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 298743

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0438-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/12/2026

Updated: 2/12/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2026-23876

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:imagemagick-config-7-upstream-limited, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-perlmagick, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:imagemagick-config-7-upstream-open, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:imagemagick-config-7-upstream-secure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:imagemagick-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmagickcore-7_q16hdri10, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:imagemagick-config-7-upstream-websafe, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:imagemagick-config-7-suse, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmagickwand-7_q16hdri10, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:imagemagick, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmagick%2b%2b-7_q16hdri5

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: 2/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22770, CVE-2026-23874, CVE-2026-23876, CVE-2026-23952

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0438-1

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