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openSUSE 16 Security Update : python-cryptography (openSUSE-SU-2026:21294-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 326672

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-2026:21294-1 advisory.

 This update for python-cryptography fixes the following issues

 - CVE-2026-41676: openssl: `Deriver:derive` and `PkeyCtxRef:derive` can overflow short buffers on OpenSSL 1.1.1 (bsc#1270208).
 - CVE-2026-41677: openssl: out-of-bounds read in PEM password callback when returning an oversized length (bsc#1270620).
 - CVE-2026-41678: openssl: out-of-bounds write due to incorrect bounds assertion in `aes::unwrap_key()` (bsc#1270706).
 - CVE-2026-41681: openssl: `MdCtxRef::digest_final()` writes past caller buffer with no length check (bsc#1270772).
 - CVE-2026-41898: openssl: unchecked callback-returned length in PSK and cookie generate trampolines can leak adjacent memory to the network (bsc#1270801).
 - CVE-2026-42327: openssl: undefined behavior in `X509Ref::ocsp_responders` for certificates with non- UTF-8 OCSP URLs (bsc#1270515).
 - CVE-2026-44662: openssl: heap buffer overflow when encrypting with AES key-wrap-with-padding due to incorrectly sized output buffers (bsc#1270936).
 - CVE-2026-45784: openssl: out-of-bounds write in `CipherCtxRef::cipher_update_inplace` for AES-KW-PAD ciphers due to incorrectly sized output buffer (bsc#1270994).

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 python313-cryptography package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1270208

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1270515

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1270620

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1270706

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1270772

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1270801

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1270936

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1270994

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41676

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41677

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41678

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41681

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41898

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42327

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44662

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45784

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 326672

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21294-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/14/2026

Updated: 7/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.92

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41898

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41681

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-cryptography

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: 7/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41676, CVE-2026-41677, CVE-2026-41678, CVE-2026-41681, CVE-2026-41898, CVE-2026-42327, CVE-2026-44662, CVE-2026-45784