SUSE SLES15: libpcp-devel / libpcp3 / libpcp_gui2 / libpcp_import1 / libpcp_mmv1 / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:3506-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 333016

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3506-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-16524: command injection in `linux_sockets` PMDA via `network.persocket.filter` (bsc#1272922).
- CVE-2026-16526: pmdaroot privilege escalation via `FD_CLOEXEC` fd inheritance and missing peer credentials (bsc#1272923).
- CVE-2026-16527: missing authentication flags in pmproxy REST API (bsc#1272924).
- CVE-2026-16529: integer overflow in `__pmGetPDU` leads to permanent DoS (bsc#1272925).
- CVE-2026-16530: multiple OOB reads in libpcp record and PDU decoders (bsc#1272926).
- CVE-2026-16531: path traversal via hostname in pmproxy logger servlet (bsc#1272927).
- command injection in `pmieconf` `write_pmiefile` via `$HOME` and `-f` (bsc#1272928).
- command injection in `pmlogcp/pmlogmv` `do_link` via unsanitised filenames (bsc#1272930).

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 333016

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3506-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/6/2026

Updated: 8/6/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.14

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-16524

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-16526

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcp3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcp_gui2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcp_import1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcp_mmv1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcp_trace2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpcp_web1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pcp-conf, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pcp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pcp-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pcp-import-iostat2pcp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pcp-import-mrtg2pcp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pcp-import-sar2pcp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pcp-pmda-perfevent, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pcp-system-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pcp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-pcp-logimport, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-pcp-logsummary, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-pcp-mmv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-pcp-pmda, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-pcp

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: 8/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-16524, CVE-2026-16526, CVE-2026-16527, CVE-2026-16529, CVE-2026-16530, CVE-2026-16531

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3506-1

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