openSUSE 16 Security Update : v2ray-core (openSUSE-SU-2026:21653-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 341167

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-2026:21653-1 advisory.

Changes in v2ray-core:

- Update version to 5.53.0
* Add X-Forwarded-For support to gRPC transport
* Add Stream based Packet Addr for UDP Connections
* rrpit: compact session, async send, session recovery
* Add socks5ify engineering command
* Fix bugs
* Update modules (boo#1276119 and CVE-2026-72817, CVE-2026-72815, CVE-2026-72816)

- Update version to 5.51.2
* Wireguard Add TCP Listener support for wireguard outbound
* Stun Nat Type Testing
* Better server failure detection and PreserveSourceIPPortWhenDestNATMapping detection
* Improve API instance support
* feat: grpc: allow configurable keepalive and initial windows size
* Add RRPIT - Rapid Reliable Packet Interactive Transport
* Add WebRTC Tunnel Support in V2Ray(unreleased)
* also parse X-Forwarded-For in httpupgrade
* gdocsviewer: Add Google Docs Viewer based transport
* gdocsviewer: Refine poll logic and allow custom headers to reduce rate limiting
* gdocsviewer: allow adding headers in public config
* Fix bugs (boo#1258546 and CVE-2026-27017)

- update golang.org/x/net to 0.55.0 to fix boo#1266787 and CVE-2026-39821

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 golang-github-v2fly-v2ray-core and / or v2ray-core packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258546

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1266787

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1276119

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-27017

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-39821

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72815

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72816

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72817

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 341167

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21653-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/28/2026

Updated: 8/28/2026

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: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 57.83

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-27017

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-72817

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:golang-github-v2fly-v2ray-core, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:v2ray-core

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: 8/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27017, CVE-2026-39821, CVE-2026-72815, CVE-2026-72816, CVE-2026-72817