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openSUSE 16 Security Update : haproxy (openSUSE-SU-2026:20290-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 300391

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-2026:20290-1 advisory.

 - Update to version 3.2.12+git0.6011f448e
 - CVE-2026-26081: Fixed a DOS vulnerability in QUIC. (bsc#1257976)
 - CVE-2026-26080: Fixed a DOS vulnerability in QUIC. (bsc#1257976)

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 haproxy package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257521

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257976

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26080

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26081

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 300391

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20290-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/3/2026

Updated: 3/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26081

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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:haproxy

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: 2/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-26080, CVE-2026-26081