openSUSE 16 Security Update : python-lxml_html_clean (openSUSE-SU-2026:20345-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 302092

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-2026:20345-1 advisory.

Changes in python-lxml_html_clean:

- CVE-2026-28348: improper keywords checking can allow external CSS loading (bsc#1259378)
- CVE-2026-28350: lack of base tag handling can allow the hijacking of the resolution of relative URLs (bsc#1259379)

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 python313-lxml_html_clean package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 302092

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20345-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/13/2026

Updated: 3/13/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28350

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-lxml_html_clean

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: 3/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28348, CVE-2026-28350

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