openSUSE 16 Security Update : containerd (openSUSE-SU-2026:21213-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 325038

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21213-1 advisory.

This update for containerd fixes the following issues

Update to 1.7.33:

- CVE-2024-25621: overly broad default permission vulnerability (bsc#1253126).
- CVE-2025-64329: goroutine leaks can lead to memory exhaustion on the host (bsc#1253132).
- CVE-2026-33186: google.golang.org/grpc: authorization bypass due to improper validation of the HTTP/2 :path pseudo- header (bsc#1260296).
- CVE-2026-33814: golang.org/x/net/http2: infinite loop in HTTP/2 transport when given bad SETTINGS_MAX_FRAME_SIZE (bsc#1265794).
- CVE-2026-34986: github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4,github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3: crafted JWE input with a missing encrypted key can lead to a denial of service (bsc#1262948).
- CVE-2026-35469: github.com/moby/spdystream: memory amplification in SPDY frame parsing leads to denial of service (bsc#1262266).
- CVE-2026-39821: golang.org/x/net/idna: failure to reject ASCII-only Punycode-encoded labels allows for validation bypass and privilege escalation (bsc#1266640).
- CVE-2026-46680: containerd user ID handling bypass allows runAsNonRoot evasion (bsc#1268355).
- CVE-2026-47262: Denial of Service (DoS) condition via a maliciously crafted image (bsc#1268441).
- CVE-2026-53488: CRI plugin propagates labels from an image config to a container without validation (bsc#1268430).

Changes for containerd:

* https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.33
* https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.32
* https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.31
* https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.30
* https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.29
* https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases/tag/v1.7.28

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 containerd, containerd-ctr and / or containerd-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 325038

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21213-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2026

Updated: 7/3/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

Percentile: 96.81

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-2026-46680

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53488

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Threat Score: 8.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53488

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:containerd, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:containerd-ctr, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:containerd-devel

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: 11/6/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25621, CVE-2025-64329, CVE-2026-33186, CVE-2026-33814, CVE-2026-34986, CVE-2026-35469, CVE-2026-39821, CVE-2026-46680, CVE-2026-47262, CVE-2026-53488

IAVA: 2025-A-0832-S, 2026-A-0506, 2026-A-0621

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