openSUSE 16 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2026:21438-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 329518

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21438-1 advisory.

Changes in chromium:

- Chromium 150.0.7871.181 (boo#1272156):
* CVE-2026-16420: Type Confusion in WebAudio
* CVE-2026-16421: Inappropriate implementation in WebAudio
* CVE-2026-16413: Out of bounds write in ANGLE
* CVE-2026-16414: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Chromecast
* CVE-2026-16415: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Extensions
* CVE-2026-16416: Integer overflow in Chromecast
* CVE-2026-16417: Uninitialized Use in Skia
* CVE-2026-16418: Stack buffer overflow in V8
* CVE-2026-16419: Out of bounds read and write in ANGLE
* CVE-2026-16422: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Certificate
* CVE-2026-16423: Use after free in UI
* CVE-2026-16424: Use after free in GPU

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 chromedriver and / or chromium packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 329518

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21438-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/25/2026

Updated: 7/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.95

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-2026-16414

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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromedriver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:chromium

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: 7/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-16413, CVE-2026-16414, CVE-2026-16415, CVE-2026-16416, CVE-2026-16417, CVE-2026-16418, CVE-2026-16419, CVE-2026-16420, CVE-2026-16421, CVE-2026-16422, CVE-2026-16423, CVE-2026-16424

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