SUSE SLES16 Security Update : opensc (SUSE-SU-2026:22126-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 321602

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:22126-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-49010: stack-buffer-overflow via crafted smart card or USB device responses (bsc#1261214).
- CVE-2025-66037: crafted input can cause an out-of-bounds read (bsc#1261218).
- CVE-2025-66038: improper compact-TLV length validation can lead to crash or unexpected behavior (bsc#1261219).
- CVE-2025-66215: crafted smart card or USB device can cause a stack-buffer-overflow write (bsc#1261220).

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 opensc package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 321602

File Name: suse_SU-2026-22126-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/20/2026

Updated: 6/20/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-66215

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:opensc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-49010, CVE-2025-66037, CVE-2025-66038, CVE-2025-66215

IAVA: 2026-A-0303

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:22126-1

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