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openSUSE 16 Security Update : perl-HTTP-Tiny (openSUSE-SU-2026:20792-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 316761

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:20792-1 advisory.

 Changes in perl-HTTP-Tiny:

 - updated to 0.094 0.094
 - No changes from 0.093-TRIAL 0.093
 - fix to prevent invalid characters in all headers, and prevent header smuggling (CVE-2026-7010) bsc#1264992

 - updated to 0.092 0.092
 - No changes from 0.091-TRIAL 0.091 [ADDED]
 - Added keep_alive_timeout to force keepalive connections to be closed based on a timeout.
 [CHANGED]
 - Optional tests are always required when releasing.
 - Always use TCP_NODELAY option.
 [FIXED]
 - Fixed test incorrectly testing cookie jar interactions multiple times.
 - Fixed perl version comparisons to work when not starting with 5.
 - Fixed link to LIMITATIONS in documentation.

 - updated to 0.090 0.090
 - No changes from 0.089-TRIAL 0.089 [CHANGED]
 - Find the certificate bundle via IO::Socket::SSL rather than implementing it in HTTP::Tiny.
 - When encoding form data, given a hashref with an arrayref value, preserve the order of the values in the arrayref rather than sorting.
 [DOCS]
 - Fixed internal link to TLS/SSL SUPPORT section

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 perl-HTTP-Tiny package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1264992

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7010

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 316761

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20792-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

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: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-7010

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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:perl-http-tiny

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: 5/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-7010