SUSE SLES16 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (SUSE-SU-2026:22851-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 330330

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:22851-1 advisory.

This update for wpa_supplicant fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-58374: Fixed a missing bounds check in AP-mode Wi-Fi 7 (IEEE 802.11be) MLO association request processing allows an unauthenticated user to send a crafted management frame and cause an out-of-bounds write (bsc#1269892).

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 wpa_supplicant package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 330330

File Name: suse_SU-2026-22851-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

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: 3.5

Percentile: 51.95

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-58374

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wpa_supplicant

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: 7/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-58374

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:22851-1

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