SUSE SLES12 Security Update : perl-Config-IniFiles (SUSE-SU-2026:2709-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 324865

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:2709-1 advisory.

This update for perl-Config-IniFiles fixes the following issue

- CVE-2026-11527: OS command injection and file overwrite via a 2-arg open() of the -file argument in
_make_filehandle (bsc#1268236).

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 perl-Config-IniFiles package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 324865

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2709-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/2/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-11527

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-config-inifiles

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: 6/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-11527

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2709-1

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