SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : openssl-1_1 (SUSE-SU-2026:1386-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 306867

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1386-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-28387: Potential use-after-free in DANE client code (bsc#1260441).
- CVE-2026-28388: NULL Pointer Dereference When Processing a Delta CRL (bsc#1260442).
- CVE-2026-28389: Possible NULL dereference when processing CMS KeyAgreeRecipientInfo (bsc#1260443).
- CVE-2026-28390: NULL pointer dereference during processing of a crafted CMS EnvelopedData message with KeyTransportRecipientInfo (bsc#1261678).
- CVE-2026-31789: Heap buffer overflow in hexadecimal conversion (bsc#1260444).

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 libopenssl-1_1-devel, libopenssl1_1, libopenssl1_1-32bit and / or openssl-1_1 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 306867

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1386-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/17/2026

Updated: 4/17/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2026-28387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-28390

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-1_1-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-1_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_1-32bit, 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: 4/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-28387, CVE-2026-28388, CVE-2026-28389, CVE-2026-28390, CVE-2026-31789

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1386-1

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