SUSE SLES15 Security Update : valkey (SUSE-SU-2026:1950-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 315274

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-2026:1950-1 advisory.

This update for valkey fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-23479: use-after-free in unblock client flow may lead to remote code execution (bsc#1264164).
- CVE-2026-23631: Lua use-after-free via the master-replica synchronization mechanism may lead to remote code execution (bsc#1264165).
- CVE-2026-25243: invalid memory access in RESTORE command via a specially crafted serialized payload may lead to remote code execution (bsc#1264166).

Changes for valkey:

- Update to 8.0.9:

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 valkey, valkey-compat-redis and / or valkey-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1264164

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1264165

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1264166

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-May/046533.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23479

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23631

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25243

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 315274

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1950-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2026

Updated: 5/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25243

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Threat Score: 5.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:valkey, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:valkey-compat-redis, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:valkey-devel

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: 5/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23479, CVE-2026-23631, CVE-2026-25243

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1950-1