openSUSE 16 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2026:20422-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 304233

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20422-1 advisory.

Changes in chromium:

- Chromium 146.0.7680.153 (boo#1259964):
* CVE-2026-4439: Out of bounds memory access in WebGL
* CVE-2026-4440: Out of bounds read and write in WebGL
* CVE-2026-4441: Use after free in Base
* CVE-2026-4442: Heap buffer overflow in CSS
* CVE-2026-4443: Heap buffer overflow in WebAudio
* CVE-2026-4444: Stack buffer overflow in WebRTC
* CVE-2026-4445: Use after free in WebRTC
* CVE-2026-4446: Use after free in WebRTC
* CVE-2026-4447: Inappropriate implementation in V8
* CVE-2026-4448: Heap buffer overflow in ANGLE
* CVE-2026-4449: Use after free in Blink
* CVE-2026-4450: Out of bounds write in V8
* CVE-2026-4451: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Navigation
* CVE-2026-4452: Integer overflow in ANGLE
* CVE-2026-4453: Integer overflow in Dawn
* CVE-2026-4454: Use after free in Network
* CVE-2026-4455: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium
* CVE-2026-4456: Use after free in Digital Credentials API
* CVE-2026-4457: Type Confusion in V8
* CVE-2026-4458: Use after free in Extensions
* CVE-2026-4459: Out of bounds read and write in WebAudio
* CVE-2026-4460: Out of bounds read in Skia
* CVE-2026-4461: Inappropriate implementation in V8
* CVE-2026-4462: Out of bounds read in Blink
* CVE-2026-4463: Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC
* CVE-2026-4464: Integer overflow in ANGLE

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 chromedriver and / or chromium packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 304233

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20422-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/29/2026

Updated: 3/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2026-4442

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:chromedriver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium

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: 3/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4439, CVE-2026-4440, CVE-2026-4441, CVE-2026-4442, CVE-2026-4443, CVE-2026-4444, CVE-2026-4445, CVE-2026-4446, CVE-2026-4447, CVE-2026-4448, CVE-2026-4449, CVE-2026-4450, CVE-2026-4451, CVE-2026-4452, CVE-2026-4453, CVE-2026-4454, CVE-2026-4455, CVE-2026-4456, CVE-2026-4457, CVE-2026-4458, CVE-2026-4459, CVE-2026-4460, CVE-2026-4461, CVE-2026-4462, CVE-2026-4463, CVE-2026-4464

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