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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : gpg2 (SUSE-SU-2026:3243-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 330287

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3243-1 advisory.

 This update for gpg2 fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-57062: CMS parsing in gpgsm mishandles the CMS format for AES-GCM (bsc#1269279).

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 dirmngr, gpg2 and / or gpg2-lang packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269279

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-57062

http://www.nessus.org/u?eaf7b202

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 330287

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3243-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/28/2026

Updated: 7/28/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-57062

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dirmngr, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gpg2-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gpg2

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: 6/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-57062

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3243-1