openSUSE 16 Security Update : go1.25 (openSUSE-SU-2026:20570-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 309154

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20570-1 advisory.

- Update to version go1.25.9 (bsc#1244485).
- CVE-2026-27140: cmd/go: trust layer bypass when using cgo and SWIG (bsc#1261653).
- CVE-2026-27143: cmd/compile: possible memory corruption after bound check elimination (bsc#1261654).
- CVE-2026-27144: cmd/compile: no-op interface conversion bypasses overlap checking (bsc#1261655).
- CVE-2026-32280: crypto/x509: unexpected work during chain building (bsc#1261656).
- CVE-2026-32281: crypto/x509: inefficient policy validation (bsc#1261657).
- CVE-2026-32282: os: Root.Chmod can follow symlinks out of the root on Linux (bsc#1261658).
- CVE-2026-32283: crypto/tls: multiple key update handshake messages can cause connection to deadlock (bsc#1261659).
- CVE-2026-32288: archive/tar: unbounded allocation when parsing old format GNU sparse map (bsc#1261660).
- CVE-2026-32289: html/template: JS template literal context incorrectly tracked (bsc#1261661).

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 go1.25, go1.25-libstd and / or go1.25-race packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 309154

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20570-1.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: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-27143

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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:go1.25, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:go1.25-race, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:go1.25-libstd

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: 4/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27140, CVE-2026-27143, CVE-2026-27144, CVE-2026-32280, CVE-2026-32281, CVE-2026-32282, CVE-2026-32283, CVE-2026-32288, CVE-2026-32289

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