openSUSE 16 Security Update : kepler (openSUSE-SU-2026:20206-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 299127

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20206-1 advisory.

Update to version 0.11.3.

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2025-47911: golang.org/x/net/html: quadratic complexity algorithms used when parsing untrusted HTML documents (bsc#1251427).
- CVE-2025-58190: golang.org/x/net/html: excessive memory consumption by `html.ParseFragment` when processing specially crafted input (bsc#1251632).

Other updates and bugfixes:

- Version 0.11.2:
* Fix: Fix node power metrics for Virtual Machines.
* Fix: Resolve an issue with pod energy metrics when a container has no usage.

- Version 0.11.1:
* Fix: Added missing serviceaccount in the Helm chart.

- Version 0.11.0:
* Feature: Added support for platform power metrics (AC).
* Feature: Introduced experimental support for trained power models.
* Fix: Improved the accuracy of power estimation for Virtual Machines.
* Breaking Change: Metrics related to `kepler_vm_` have been refactored.

- Version 0.10.1:
* Feature: Added support for the ARM64 architecture.
* Fix: Addressed issues when running on Virtual Machines without RAPL.
* Fix: Includes several other bug fixes and stability improvements.

- Version 0.10.0:
* Breaking Change: This is a major rewrite with significant architectural changes.
* Breaking Change: Legacy versions (0.9.0 and earlier) are now frozen, with no new features or bug fixes.
* Breaking Change: The configuration format has been updated.
* Breaking Change: The Kepler Model Server is not compatible with this version and above.
* Feature: New modular architecture for better extensibility.
* Feature: Enhanced performance and accuracy with dynamic detection of RAPL zones.
* Feature: Reduced security requirements, no longer needing CAP_SYS_ADMIN or CAP_BPF capabilities.
* Fix: Significantly reduced resource usage.

- Version 0.9.0:
* Note: This is the final legacy release.
* Feature: Added support for GPU power monitoring.
* Feature: Introduced a model server for training power models.

- Version 0.8.2:
* Fix: Addressed a bug in RAPL power calculation on multi-socket systems.

- Version 0.8.1:
* Fix: This version includes multiple bug fixes and stability improvements.

- Version 0.8.0:
* Feature: Introduced a new estimator framework.
* Breaking Change: The API is backward incompatible with previous versions.

- Version 0.7.12:
* Fix: This version includes multiple bug fixes and stability improvements.

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 kepler package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 299127

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20206-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/15/2026

Updated: 2/19/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-58190

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kepler, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0

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: 2/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-47911, CVE-2025-58190

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