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openSUSE 16 Security Update : dracut (openSUSE-SU-2026:21639-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 341168

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-2026:21639-1 advisory.

 This update for dracut fixes the following issue:

 Update to version 059+suse.726.gde083b3a1.

 Securitys issue fixed:

 - CVE-2026-15816: root code execution via unescaped error message written to sourced emergency-hook script in `die()` (bsc#1274432).

 Other updates and bugfixes:

 - Fix(base): sanitize message written by `die()` to the emergency hook.
 - Feat(base): add escape function implementing `printf %q`.

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1274432

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15816

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 341168

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21639-1.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: 4.9

Percentile: 58.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15816

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut-extra, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut-fips, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut-ima, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut

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: 8/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15816