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openSUSE 16 Security Update : sudo (openSUSE-SU-2026:20604-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 310090
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-2026:20604-1 advisory.- CVE-2026-35535: unhandled failure of `setuid`, `setgid` or `setgroups` calls during a mailer privilege drop allows for local privilege escalation (bsc#1261420).
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 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 310090
File Name: openSUSE-2026-20604-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 4/24/2026
Updated: 4/24/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35535
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.4
Temporal Score: 6.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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:sudo-test, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo-policy-sudo-auth-self, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo-policy-wheel-auth-self, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo-plugin-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:system-group-sudo
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: 4/22/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-35535
IAVA: 2026-A-0312