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openSUSE 16: NetworkManager / NetworkManager-bluetooth / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21776-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 343936

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-2026:21776-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-10805: local privilege escalation via malformed MUD URLs in dhclient backend (bsc#1267696).
 - CVE-2026-19685: missing user ownership checks for 802.1X directory properties can allow WPA-Enterprise server certificate validation bypass (bsc#1276764).

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1267696

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1276764

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-10805

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19685

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 343936

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21776-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2026

Updated: 9/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-19685

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-10805

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libnm0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-cloud-setup, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-config-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-ovs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-pppoe, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-tui, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager-wwan, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-nm-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: 9/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-10805, CVE-2026-19685