openSUSE 16 Security Update : chromium (openSUSE-SU-2026:21609-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 339036

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-2026:21609-1 advisory.

Changes in chromium:

- Chromium 151.0.7922.169 (boo#1275706):
* CVE-2026-76034: Buffer overflow in WebGL
* CVE-2026-76036: Buffer overflow in Dawn
* CVE-2026-76033: Inappropriate implementation in CORS
* CVE-2026-76037: Link following in CredentialProvider
* CVE-2026-76044: Race condition in USB
* CVE-2026-76039: Incorrect reference resolution in Core
* CVE-2026-76040: Use after free in Browser
* CVE-2026-76035: Inappropriate implementation in Media
* CVE-2026-76042: Use of uninitialized resource in GPU
* CVE-2026-76046: Buffer overflow in ANGLE
* CVE-2026-76043: Incorrect calculation in V8
* CVE-2026-76041: Information leak in Skia
* CVE-2026-76047: Type confusion in V8
* CVE-2026-76038: Type confusion in V8
* CVE-2026-76045: Use after free in WebGL

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: Critical

ID: 339036

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21609-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/23/2026

Updated: 8/23/2026

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: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.19

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-2026-76047

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-76036

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: 8/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-76033, CVE-2026-76034, CVE-2026-76035, CVE-2026-76036, CVE-2026-76037, CVE-2026-76038, CVE-2026-76039, CVE-2026-76040, CVE-2026-76041, CVE-2026-76042, CVE-2026-76043, CVE-2026-76044, CVE-2026-76045, CVE-2026-76046, CVE-2026-76047

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