openSUSE 16 Security Update : buildah (openSUSE-SU-2026:21241-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 326032

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-2026:21241-1 advisory.

This update for buildah fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-39821: golang.org/x/net/idna: failure to reject ASCII-only Punycode-encoded labels allows for validation bypass and privilege escalation (bsc#1266648).
- CVE-2026-39829: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: pathological RSA/DSA parameters may cause DoS (bsc#1266191).
- CVE-2026-39830: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: client can cause server deadlock on unexpected responses (bsc#1266191).
- CVE-2026-46598: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: pathological inputs can lead to client panic/agent (bsc#1266191).

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 buildah package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 326032

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21241-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/9/2026

Updated: 7/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39830

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39821

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:buildah

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: 7/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-39821, CVE-2026-39829, CVE-2026-39830, CVE-2026-46598

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