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openSUSE 16 Security Update : golang-github-prometheus-prometheus (openSUSE-SU-2026:20239-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 299512

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-2026:20239-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-25547: Fixed an unbounded brace range expansion leading to excessive CPU and memory consumption. (bsc#1257841)
 - CVE-2026-1615: Fixed arbitrary code injection due to unsafe evaluation of user-supplied JSON Path expressions in jsonpath. (bsc#1257897)
 - CVE-2025-61140: Fixed a function vulnerable to prototype pollution in jsonpath. (bsc#1257442)

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 golang-github-prometheus-prometheus package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257442

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257841

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257897

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-61140

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1615

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25547

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 299512

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20239-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2026

Updated: 2/19/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1615

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-61140

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25547

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:golang-github-prometheus-prometheus

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: 2/17/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-61140, CVE-2026-1615, CVE-2026-25547