SUSE SLES15 Security Update : openssl-1_1 (SUSE-SU-2026:1577-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 310064

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1577-1 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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260441

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260442

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260443

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260444

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261678

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-April/045913.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28387

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28388

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28389

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-28390

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31789

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 310064

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1577-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/24/2026

Updated: 4/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2026-31789

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: 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: 4/23/2026

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-2026:1577-1