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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libpng15 (SUSE-SU-2026:2878-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 326690
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-2026:2878-1 advisory.This update for libpng15 fixes the following issue
- CVE-2026-25646: heap buffer overflow vulnerability in png_set_dither/png_set_quantize (bsc#1258020).
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 libpng15-15 package.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258020
https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-July/048156.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 326690
File Name: suse_SU-2026-2878-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/14/2026
Updated: 7/14/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.9
Percentile: 57.92
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25646
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.3
Threat Score: 7
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpng15-15
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: 7/13/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-25646
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2878-1