SUSE SLES15 Security Update : openssl-3 (SUSE-SU-2026:3005-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 327312

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3005-1 advisory.

This update for openssl-3 fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-34182: CMS AuthEnvelopedData Processing May Accept Forged Messages (bsc#1266344).
- CVE-2026-42767: NULL Pointer Dereference in CRMF EncryptedValue Decryption (bsc#1266350).

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 libopenssl-3-devel, libopenssl3 and / or openssl-3 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1266344

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1266350

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-July/048260.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-34182

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42767

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 327312

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3005-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2026

Updated: 7/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

Percentile: 98.43

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-34182

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl3, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-3

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: 7/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-34182, CVE-2026-42767

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3005-1