SUSE SLES16 Security Update : go1.26-openssl (SUSE-SU-2026:22641-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 327561

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:22641-1 advisory.

This update for go1.26-openssl fixes the following issues

- Update to version go1.26.5 (bsc#1255111).
- CVE-2026-39822: os: Root escape via symlink plus trailing slash (bsc#1271014).
- CVE-2026-42505: crypto/tls: omit PSK in ECH outer client hello (bsc#1271015).

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 go1.26-openssl, go1.26-openssl-doc and / or go1.26-openssl-race packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 327561

File Name: suse_SU-2026-22641-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/17/2026

Updated: 7/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.47

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39822

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.26-openssl-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.26-openssl-race, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:go1.26-openssl

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: 7/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-39822, CVE-2026-42505

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:22641-1

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