SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : libsoup2 (SUSE-SU-2026:0811-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 301284

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0811-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-1467: lack of input sanitization can lead to unintended or unauthorized HTTP requests (bsc#1257398).
- CVE-2026-1539: proxy authentication credentials leaked via the Proxy-Authorization header when handling HTTP redirects (bsc#1257441).
- CVE-2026-1760: improper handling of HTTP requests combining certain headers by SoupServer can lead to HTTP request smuggling and potential DoS (bsc#1257597).

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: High

ID: 301284

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0811-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/6/2026

Updated: 3/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1539

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1760

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-soup-2_4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsoup2-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsoup2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsoup-2_4-1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 3/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1467, CVE-2026-1539, CVE-2026-1760

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0811-1

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