SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kubevirt (SUSE-SU-2026:2077-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 317664

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2077-1 advisory.

This update for kubevirt fixes the following issue:

CVE-2026-7374: Fixed privilege escalation and node compromise via symlink following vulnerability (bsc#1265467)

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 kubevirt-manifests and / or kubevirt-virtctl packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 317664

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2077-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/29/2026

Updated: 5/29/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

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-2026-7374

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.9

Temporal Score: 8.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kubevirt-virtctl, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kubevirt-manifests

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: 5/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-7374

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2077-1

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