openSUSE 16 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2026:20775-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 316760

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-2026:20775-1 advisory.

Changes in chromium:

- Chromium 148.0.7778.178 (boo#1265848)
* CVE-2026-9111: Use after free in WebRTC
* CVE-2026-9110: Inappropriate implementation in UI
* CVE-2026-9112: Use after free in GPU
* CVE-2026-9113: Out of bounds read in GPU
* CVE-2026-9114: Use after free in QUIC
* CVE-2026-9115: Insufficient policy enforcement in Service Worker
* CVE-2026-9116: Insufficient policy enforcement in ServiceWorker
* CVE-2026-9117: Type Confusion in GFX
* CVE-2026-9118: Use after free in XR
* CVE-2026-9119: Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC
* CVE-2026-9120: Use after free in WebRTC
* CVE-2026-9126: Use after free in DOM
* CVE-2026-9121: Out of bounds read in GPU
* CVE-2026-9122: Out of bounds read in GPU
* CVE-2026-9123: Heap buffer overflow in Chromecast
* CVE-2026-9124: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Input

- add system-wide chromium.conf as in fedora package enable several features by default and disable ai features allow to override via setting CHROMIUM_USER_FLAGS

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 chromedriver and / or chromium packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 316760

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20775-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/26/2026

Updated: 5/26/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

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-2026-9126

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8580

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0

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: 5/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-8509, CVE-2026-8510, CVE-2026-8511, CVE-2026-8512, CVE-2026-8513, CVE-2026-8514, CVE-2026-8515, CVE-2026-8516, CVE-2026-8517, CVE-2026-8518, CVE-2026-8519, CVE-2026-8520, CVE-2026-8521, CVE-2026-8522, CVE-2026-8523, CVE-2026-8524, CVE-2026-8525, CVE-2026-8526, CVE-2026-8527, CVE-2026-8528, CVE-2026-8529, CVE-2026-8530, CVE-2026-8531, CVE-2026-8532, CVE-2026-8533, CVE-2026-8534, CVE-2026-8535, CVE-2026-8536, CVE-2026-8537, CVE-2026-8538, CVE-2026-8539, CVE-2026-8540, CVE-2026-8541, CVE-2026-8542, CVE-2026-8543, CVE-2026-8544, CVE-2026-8545, CVE-2026-8546, CVE-2026-8547, CVE-2026-8548, CVE-2026-8549, CVE-2026-8550, CVE-2026-8551, CVE-2026-8552, CVE-2026-8553, CVE-2026-8554, CVE-2026-8555, CVE-2026-8556, CVE-2026-8557, CVE-2026-8558, CVE-2026-8559, CVE-2026-8560, CVE-2026-8561, CVE-2026-8562, CVE-2026-8563, CVE-2026-8564, CVE-2026-8565, CVE-2026-8566, CVE-2026-8567, CVE-2026-8568, CVE-2026-8569, CVE-2026-8570, CVE-2026-8571, CVE-2026-8572, CVE-2026-8573, CVE-2026-8574, CVE-2026-8575, CVE-2026-8576, CVE-2026-8577, CVE-2026-8578, CVE-2026-8579, CVE-2026-8580, CVE-2026-8581, CVE-2026-8582, CVE-2026-8583, CVE-2026-8584, CVE-2026-8585, CVE-2026-8586, CVE-2026-8587, CVE-2026-9110, CVE-2026-9111, CVE-2026-9112, CVE-2026-9113, CVE-2026-9114, CVE-2026-9115, CVE-2026-9116, CVE-2026-9117, CVE-2026-9118, CVE-2026-9119, CVE-2026-9120, CVE-2026-9121, CVE-2026-9122, CVE-2026-9123, CVE-2026-9124, CVE-2026-9126

Detections

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