openSUSE 16 Security Update : neonmodem (openSUSE-SU-2026:20963-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 321476

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20963-1 advisory.

Changes in neonmodem:

- Update golang.org/x/net dependency to v0.55.0 due to bsc#1267193

- Update golang.org/x/image dependency to v0.38.0 due to bsc#1260727
- Update golang.org/x/term dependency to v0.42.0 due to bsc#1260727

- Update to version 1.0.7+git0.346d1d3:
* Update dependencies, remove debug output
* Update GitHub actions
* discourse: APi fixes
* Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.36.0 to 0.38.0
* Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.34.0 to 0.36.0
* Update dependencies
* Change chat button

- Add build option for position-independent executables

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 neonmodem package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260727

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1267193

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25680

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25681

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27136

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33809

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42502

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42506

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 321476

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20963-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/17/2026

Updated: 6/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2026-42506

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/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:neonmodem

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: 6/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-25680, CVE-2026-25681, CVE-2026-27136, CVE-2026-33809, CVE-2026-42502, CVE-2026-42506