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openSUSE 16 Security Update : hauler (openSUSE-SU-2026:21841-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 346192

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21841-1 advisory.

 Changes in hauler:

 - update vendor.tar to fix:

 * bsc#1278584, CVE-2026-56855,CVE-2026-56854,CVE-2026-78662:
 hauler: golang.org/x/crypto/ssh: authentication bypass and deadlocks in the crypto/ssh library

 - update vendor.tar to fix:

 * bsc#1279416, CVE-2026-84304
 * bsc#1279296, CVE-2026-84303
 * bsc#1278934, CVE-2026-84445: google.golang.org/grpc: DoS via crash due to missing ':authority' and 'Host' headers

 Update to 2.1.0 (bsc#1265425, CVE-2026-41888).

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 hauler package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265425

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1278584

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1278934

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1279296

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1279416

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41888

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56854

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56855

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-78662

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84303

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84304

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-84445

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 346192

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21841-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/16/2026

Updated: 9/16/2026

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: 53.39

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41888

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-84445

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hauler

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41888, CVE-2026-56854, CVE-2026-56855, CVE-2026-78662, CVE-2026-84303, CVE-2026-84304, CVE-2026-84445