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openSUSE 16: pyenv / pyenv-bash-completion / pyenv-fish-completion / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21664-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 341165

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:21664-1 advisory.

 Changes in pyenv:

 - CVE-2026-68939: a matching attacker-controlled file can silently select a different installed interpreter or version (bsc#1275661)

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 pyenv, pyenv-bash-completion, pyenv-fish-completion and / or pyenv-zsh-completion packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1275661

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-68939

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 341165

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21664-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/28/2026

Updated: 8/28/2026

Supported Sensors: 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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-68939

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2

Threat Score: 0.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pyenv-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pyenv-fish-completion, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pyenv-zsh-completion, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pyenv

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: 8/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-68939