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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : gegl (SUSE-SU-2026:1496-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 309130

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1496-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-2049: improper validation of the length of user-supplied data when parsing HDR files can lead to a heap buffer overflow (bsc#1259749).

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 gegl-0_3, libgegl-0_3-0 and / or typelib-1_0-Gegl-0_3 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259749

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-April/045726.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2049

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 309130

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1496-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/22/2026

Updated: 4/22/2026

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2049

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-gegl-0_3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gegl-0_3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgegl-0_3-0, 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: 4/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2049

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1496-1