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openSUSE 16 Security Update : librest (openSUSE-SU-2026:21694-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 342111

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-2026:21694-1 advisory.

 This update for librest fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-16615: PKCE implementation for OAuth authorization uses a cryptographically insecure pseudo- random number generator (bsc#1272399).

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 librest-1_0-0, librest-devel and / or typelib-1_0-Rest-1_0 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1272399

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16615

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 342111

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21694-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/1/2026

Updated: 9/1/2026

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.49

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-16615

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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:librest-1_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:librest-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-rest-1_0

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: 8/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-16615