SUSE SLES16 Security Update : xwayland (SUSE-SU-2026:22180-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 322898

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:22180-1 advisory.

- CreateSaverWindow Use-After-Free Information Disclosure. (bsc#1266301)
- Font Alias Stack-based Buffer Overflow. (bsc#1266294)
- GLX ChangeDrawableAttributes Out-Of-Bounds Read/Write. (bsc#1266300)
- XKB Key Types Stack-based Buffer Overflow. (bsc#1266296)
- XKB SetMap Request Stack-based Buffer Overflow. (bsc#1266297)
- XSYNC Use-After-Free in FreeCounter(). (bsc#1266298)
- XSYNC Use-After-Free in miSyncDestroyFence(). (bsc#1266295)
- XSYNC Use-After-Free in SyncChangeCounter(). (bsc#1266299)

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 xwayland and / or xwayland-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 322898

File Name: suse_SU-2026-22180-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/26/2026

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 6/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2026

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:22180-1

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