openSUSE 16 Security Update : aws-c-event-stream (openSUSE-SU-2026:20477-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 305836

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:20477-1 advisory.

Changes in aws-c-event-stream:

- CVE-2026-5190: Fixed a out-of-bounds write caused by crafted event-stream messages (bsc#1261298)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected aws-c-event-stream-devel and / or libaws-c-event-stream1 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261298

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5190

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 305836

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20477-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2026

Updated: 4/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5190

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Threat Score: 5.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libaws-c-event-stream1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:aws-c-event-stream-devel

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: 4/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/31/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5190