SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : perl-Net-CIDR-Lite (SUSE-SU-2026:2113-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 319663

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2113-1 advisory.

This update for perl-Net-CIDR-Lite fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-45190: improper validation of trailing newlines or non-ASCII digits can lead to IP ACL bypass (bsc#1264710).
- CVE-2026-45191: extraneous leading zeros in CIDR mask values can lead to IP ACL bypass (bsc#1264709).
- CVE-2026-40198: missing validation for the IPv6 group count can lead to IP ACL bypass (bsc#1262088).
- CVE-2026-40199: mishandled IPv4 mapped IPv6 addresses can lead to IP ACL bypass (bsc#1262088).

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 perl-Net-CIDR-Lite package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 319663

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2113-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/8/2026

Updated: 6/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-45191

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40198

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-net-cidr-lite, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 5/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40198, CVE-2026-40199, CVE-2026-45190, CVE-2026-45191

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2113-1

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