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openSUSE 16 Security Update : PackageKit (openSUSE-SU-2026:20646-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 311772

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-2026:20646-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-41651: race condition allows for arbitrary RPM package installation as root and can lead to LPE (bsc#1262220).

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1262220

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41651

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311772

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20646-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/2/2026

Updated: 5/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41651

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpackagekit-glib2-18, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-packagekitglib-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-backend-zypp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpackagekit-glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-backend-dnf, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-gstreamer-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-gtk3-module

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41651