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openSUSE 16 Security Update : Botan (openSUSE-SU-2026:20566-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 309141
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-2026:20566-1 advisory.This update for Botan fixes the following issue:
- CVE-2026-32884: Certificate validation bypass due to mixed-case Common Name in X.509 certificates (bsc#1261993).
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 Botan, libbotan-3-7, libbotan-devel and / or python3-botan packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 309141
File Name: openSUSE-2026-20566-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 4/22/2026
Updated: 4/22/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32884
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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:libbotan-3-7, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libbotan-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:botan, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-botan
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: 3/30/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-32884