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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : samba (SUSE-SU-2026:2074-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 317754
Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2074-1 advisory.This update for samba fixes the following issues
- CVE-2026-2340: vfs_worm does not block directory modification (bsc#1261158).
- CVE-2026-3012: group policy certificate enrollment uses http: // without validation (bsc#1261159).
- CVE-2026-3238: unauthenticated udp packet crashes AD DC nbt server (bsc#1261160).
- CVE-2026-4408: Remote Code Execution in SAMR (bsc#1261163).
- CVE-2026-4480: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (bsc#1261161).
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 packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261158
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261159
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261160
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261161
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261163
https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-May/046776.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2340
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3012
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3238
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 317754
File Name: suse_SU-2026-2074-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/29/2026
Updated: 5/29/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4408
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-3012
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-ceph, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-policy0-python3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-policy-python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-dcerpc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-winbind, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-gpupdate, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-tool, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-python3, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-ldb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsamba-policy-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-libs-python3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ctdb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-client-libs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:samba-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: 5/26/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-2340, CVE-2026-3012, CVE-2026-3238, CVE-2026-4408, CVE-2026-4480
IAVA: 2026-A-0510
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2074-1