SUSE SLES16: helm / helm-bash-completion / helm-fish-completion / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:22650-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 327567

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:22650-1 advisory.

This update for helm fixes the following issue

- CVE-2026-48978: oras.land/oras-go/v2/registry/remote/auth: malicious registry can hijack Bearer token realm to exfiltrate credentials and refresh tokens (bsc#1270127).

Changes for helm:

- Update to version 3.21.2.

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 helm, helm-bash-completion, helm-fish-completion and / or helm-zsh-completion packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1270127

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-July/048362.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48978

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 327567

File Name: suse_SU-2026-22650-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/17/2026

Updated: 7/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-48978

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.1

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Threat Score: 0.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:helm, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:helm-fish-completion, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:helm-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:helm-zsh-completion

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: 7/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-48978

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:22650-1