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openSUSE 16 Security Update : cockpit-packages (openSUSE-SU-2026:20469-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 305858

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:20469-1 advisory.

 This update for cockpit-packages fixes the following issue:

 Update cockpit-packages to version 4:

 - CVE-2026-26996: minimatch: ReDoS when glob pattern contains many consecutive wildcards followed by a literal character that doesn't appear in the test string (bsc#1258641).

 Changes for cockpit-packages:

 * Translation updates
 * Dependency updates

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 cockpit-packages package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258641

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26996

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 305858

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20469-1.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: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26996

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cockpit-packages

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: 4/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-26996