openSUSE 16 Security Update : google-osconfig-agent (openSUSE-SU-2026:21210-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 325024

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-2026:21210-1 advisory.

This update for google-osconfig-agent fixes the following issues

- CVE-2023-45288: golang.org/x/net/http2: close connections when receiving too many headers.
- CVE-2025-47911: golang.org/x/net/html: various algorithms with quadratic complexity when parsing HTML documents (bsc#1251453).
- CVE-2025-58190: golang.org/x/net/html: excessive memory consumption by `html.ParseFragment` when processing specially crafted input (bsc#1251704).
- CVE-2026-33186: google.golang.org/grpc: authorization bypass due to improper validation of the HTTP/2 :path pseudo- header (bsc#1260264).
- CVE-2026-33814: golang.org/x/net/http2: infinite loop in HTTP/2 transport when given bad SETTINGS_MAX_FRAME_SIZE (bsc#1265762).
- CVE-2026-34986: github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4: crafted JWE input with a missing encrypted key can lead to a denial of service (bsc#1262926).
- CVE-2026-39821: golang.org/x/net/idna: failure to reject ASCII-only Punycode-encoded labels allows for validation bypass and privilege escalation (bsc#1266603).
- CVE-2026-39827: Invoking memory leak when rejecting channels can lead to DoS in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-39828: Invoking bypass of certificate restrictions in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-39829: Invoking pathological RSA/DSA parameters may cause DoS in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-39830: Invoking client can cause server deadlock on unexpected responses in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-39831: Invoking bypass of FIDO/U2F security keys physical interaction in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-39832: Invoking agent constraints dropped when forwarding keys in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-39833: Invoking key constraints not enforced in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-39834: Invoking infinite loop on large channel writes in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-39835: Invoking server panic during CheckHostKey/Authenticate in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-42508: Invoking auth bypass via unenforced @revoked status in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/knownhosts (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-46595: Invoking VerifiedPublicKeyCallback permissions skip enforcement in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-46597: Invoking byte arithmetic causes underflow and panic in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-46598: Invoking pathological inputs can lead to client panic in golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/agent (bsc#1266171).
- CVE-2026-41506: github.com/go-git/go-git/v5: HTTP authentication credential leak when following redirects during smart-HTTP clone and fetch operations (bsc#1264923).

Changes for google-osconfig-agent:

- Update to version 20260615.01
* Upgrade golang.org/x/crypto & golang.org/x/net (#1006)
- from version 20260615.00
* Add unit tests for ospatch_apt_upgrade.go (#938)
- Update to version 20260611.00
* Add unit tests for policies/policies.go PART 5 (#998)
- from version 20260610.00
* Add unit tests for policies/policies.go PART 4 (#997)
- from version 20260609.02
* squash commits (#936)
- from version 20260609.01
* Add unit tests for policies/policies.go PART 3 (#996)
- from version 20260609.00
* Add unit tests for policies/policies.go PART 2 (#991)
- from version 20260602.01
* Align format of dates and timestamp collected across Windows packages (#973)
- from version 20260602.00
* Add unit tests for config/config,go (#979)
- from version 20260528.00
* Bump github.com/containerd/containerd (#990)
- from version 20260521.00
* Cover agentconfig functionality by unit tests (#925)
- from version 20260520.04
* Add unit tests for policies/googet.go (#961)
* Bump github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 (#987)
- from version 20260520.02
* Add unit tests for policies/yum.go (#952)
* Add unit tests for policies/apt.go PART 3 (#951)
- from version 20260520.00
* Add unit tests for policies/zypper.go (#953)
- from version 20260519.00
* Add unit tests for policies/policies.go PART 1 (#949)
- from version 20260513.01
* Bump github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 (#981), this also updates golang.org/x/net to v0.53.0 (bsc#1265762, CVE-2026-33814)
- from version 20260513.00
* upgrade a few packages (#980)
- from version 20260512.02
* Add/improve unit tests for agentendpoint/exec_task.go (#933)
- from version 20260512.01
* Cover google_update.go by unit tests (#941)
- from version 20260512.00
* Change zone for arm64 builds because of stockout (#978)
- Update to version 20260511.00
* switch to t2a-standard-2 on ARM package build (#977)
- from version 20260505.03
* Cover zypper_patch by unit tests (#958)
- from version 20260505.02
* Remove unused functions DisableAutoUpdates (#970)
- from version 20260505.01
* Bump go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc (#966)
- from version 20260505.00
* Upgrade a few dependencies across the repo (#968) + github.com/go-git/go-git/v5 5.16.2->5.18.0 (bsc#1264923, CVE-2026-41506) + github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 4.1.3->4.1.4 (bsc#1262926, CVE-2026-34986) + github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 2.3.0->2.4.0 + go.opentelemetry.io/otel 1.40.0->1.41.0 + go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk 1.39.0->1.43.0
- from version 20260504.01
* bump github.com/docker/cli to 29.2.0 (#962)
- from version 20260504.00
* Bump github.com/opencontainers/selinux (#960)
- Update to version 20260428.00
* Add/improve unit tests for agentendpoint/agentendpoint.go (#930)
- from version 20260427.03
* Cover config/file.go by unit tests (#935)
- from version 20260422.01
* Cover patch_linux.go by unit tests (#932)
- from version 20260422.00
* upgrade grpc package in main package and e2e tests (#959) (bsc#1260264, CVE-2026-33186)
- from version 20260417.04
* Bump OSV-Scalibr version to v0.4.3 (#956)
- from version 20260417.03
* Add unit tests for updates_linux.go (#937)
- from version 20260417.02
* Add zone to CreateDisk step (#955)
- from version 20260417.01
* Change disk type for deb11 (#954)
- from version 20260417.00
* Add unit tests for policies/apt.go PART 1 (#950)
- from version 20260410.02
* Add unit tests for packages/pty_linux.go (#943)
- from version 20260410.01
* fix disk type for arm workflows (#948)
- from version 20260410.00
* Change machine type for arm based workflows (#946)
- Update to version 20260330.00
* bump timeouts for all workflows (#940)
- from version 20260326.00
* Cover exec_resource.go by unit tests (#934)
- from version 20260318.00
* Integrate OSConfig agent with ReportVmInventory (#923)
- from version 20260313.02
* remove cacheonly flag from yum upgrade (#924)
- from version 20260313.01
* conditions python version override (#927)
- from version 20260313.00
* Fix presubmits by explicitly set python version for rpm based systems (#926)
- from version 20260311.00
* Bump osconfig version (#922)
- from version 20260309.02
* Extend OSV scalibr extractor (#921)
- from version 20260309.01
* upgrade golang.org/x/crypto and it's transitive deps (#918)
- from version 20260309.00
* Add purl to pkg info (#920)
- from version 20260306.00
* Add 'Type' field to PkgInfo (#919)
- from version 20260303.01
* Upgrade go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk (#913)
- from version 20260303.00
* Bump github.com/vbatts/tar-split from 0.11.5 to 0.12.2 (#908)
- from version 20260302.00
* Bump github.com/spdx/tools-golang from 0.5.3 to 0.5.7 (#906)
- from version 20260126.00
* Bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk from 1.38.0 to 1.39.0 (#905)
* Bump github.com/sirupsen/logrus (#894)
- Update to version 20260119.00
* Bump cloud.google.com/go/storage from 1.56.0 to 1.58.0 (#899)
- Update to version 20251230.00
* chore: Migrate gsutil usage to gcloud storage (#904)
- from version 20251223.00
* fix e2e tests for report inventory (#903)
- from version 20251222.01
* Revert Bump cloud.google.com/go/longrunning from 0.6.3 to 0.7.0 (#882) (#902)
- from version 20251222.00
* Bump golang to the new version (#900)
- from version 20251218.00
* add new CODEOWNERS (#901)
- from version 20251217.00
* Bump cloud.google.com/go/longrunning from 0.6.3 to 0.7.0 (#882)
- Bump the golang compiler version to 1.24.5
- Update to version 20251202.00
* Revert Bump github.com/spdx/tools-golang from 0.5.3 to 0.5.5 (#887) (#893)
- Update to version 20251201.00
* Revert Bump github.com/containerd/containerd (#890) (#892)
- Update to version 20251126.00
* Bump github.com/containerd/containerd (#890)
* Bump github.com/spdx/tools-golang from 0.5.3 to 0.5.5 (#887)
- Update to version 20251028.00
* Bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric from 1.35.0 to 1.38.0 (#886)
* Bump github.com/tidwall/pretty from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 (#880)
- from version 20251023.02
* Create multiple_os.yaml (#883)
- from version 20251023.00
* Bump github.com/docker/go-connections from 0.4.0 to 0.6.0 (#877)
* Add test runner for e2e tests (#876)
- Update to version 20250925.00
* Bump cloud.google.com/go/auth/oauth2adapt from 0.2.7 to 0.2.8 (#870)
* Bump google.golang.org/protobuf from 1.36.6 to 1.36.9 (#874)
* Bump go.opentelemetry.io/otel from 1.35.0 to 1.38.0 (#872)
* Bump github.com/golang/glog from 1.2.4 to 1.2.5 (#830)
- Update to version 20250902.01
* Bump github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy (#829)
- from version 20250902.00
* update github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4 (#869)
* Upgrade scalibr and other deps (#866)
- from version 20250901.00
* Fix possibility of path traversal for zip and tar archival (#868)
- from version 20250825.00
* set CODEOWNERS file as required by org (#863)
- from version 20250819.00
* Fix/rhel10 build centos image (#860)
- from version 20250814.00
* Fix/rhel10 build image (#859)
- from version 20250813.00
* Fix: Add RHEL 10 support to RPM startup script (#858)
- from version 20250811.00
* Remove old/sles-15-sp4-sap as image is deprecated (#857)
- Update to version 20250806.00
* Fixed JSON identifier for the universe domain (#855)
- from version 20250729.00
* Bump github.com/google/s2a-go from 0.1.8 to 0.1.9 (#828)
- from version 20250725.02
* Update utils.go (#854)
* Upgrade golang.org/x/oauth2 package to the latest. (#853)
* Bump golang.org/x/time from 0.9.0 to 0.12.0 (#839)
- from version 20250725.01
* Bump golang.org/x/oauth2 (#848)
* Port fix for debian 11 to goo package manager. (#852)
- from version 20250725.00
* Update Golang version in common.sh and skip backports repo for debian 11 (#850)
- from version 20250723.01
* Add workflows to build package for el10 (#849)
- from version 20250721.00
* Make OS Config agent TPC aware (#846)
- from version 20250718.00
* Create workflows for new Debian 13. (#847)
- Update to version 20250703.00
* Fix sles images (#844)
- from version 20250702.00
* Remove rhel-sap 8-4 add rhel-sap 8-10 (#843)
- from version 20250701.00
* Bump the go_modules group across 1 directory with 2 updates (#840)
- Update to version 20250606.00
* Change base docker images Google's official base images. (#838)
- Update to version 20250523.01
* Add a simple no-op OS policy for user testing (#837)
- from version 20250523.00
* Introduce scalibr inventory extractor for dpkg/rpm/cos os/filesystem extractors (linux) (#834)
* Trace GetInstalledPackages memory levels (#835)
- from version 20250520.00
- Update to version 20250513.00
* Fix rpm extractor, handle (none) value correctly. (#833)
- from version 20250512.01
* Bump github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane from 0.13.1 to 0.13.4 (#816)
- from version 20250512.00
* Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.39.0 to 0.40.0 (#819)
- from version 20250508.01
* cosmetic refactoring to osinfo package (#826)
- from version 20250508.00
* Refactor /inventory with dependency injection (#825)
* Add debian, ubuntu (InstalledDebPackages) snapshots (#821)
* cover packages_linux.go file with tests (#824)
* Add debian (10,11,12) GetPackageUpdates output snapshots (#822)
- from version 20250507.00
* Add InstalledRPMPackages snapshot tests (#823)
- from version 20250506.02
* Yum tests: simplify initialization of exit errors (#820)
- from version 20250506.01
* Improve test coverage for gem package manager (#818)
- from version 20250506.00
* after go/x/crypto update 0.32.0 -> 0.37.0 (#817)
- from version 20250505.01
* Improve packages package coverage (#814)
* Bump golang.org/x/net from 0.34.0 to 0.39.0 (#807)
- from version 20250505.00
* Bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.32.0 to 0.37.0 (#806)
- from version 20250430.00
* Snapshot YumUpdates (GetPackageUpdates) output (#813)
- from version 20250428.00
* Snapshot ZypperPatches, ZypperUpdates (GetPackageUpdates) output for sles 12, 15 testdata (#812)
- from version 20250423.00
* Introduce MatchSnapshot large test results matcher function, snapshot apt-deb GetPackageUpdates (#811)
- from version 20250416.02

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 google-osconfig-agent package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 325024

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21210-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2026

Updated: 7/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

Percentile: 96.81

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41506

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.4

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:google-osconfig-agent, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0

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: 7/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45288, CVE-2025-22868, CVE-2025-47911, CVE-2025-58190, CVE-2026-33186, CVE-2026-33814, CVE-2026-34986, CVE-2026-39821, CVE-2026-39827, CVE-2026-39828, CVE-2026-39829, CVE-2026-39830, CVE-2026-39831, CVE-2026-39832, CVE-2026-39833, CVE-2026-39834, CVE-2026-39835, CVE-2026-41506, CVE-2026-42508, CVE-2026-46595, CVE-2026-46597, CVE-2026-46598

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