SUSE SLES15 Security Update : openssl-3 (SUSE-SU-2026:4032-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 348405

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4032-1 advisory.

August 2026 release.

- CVE-2026-54874: excessive memory use buffering DTLS records for a future epoch (bsc#1274795).
- CVE-2026-63072: heap buffer overflow in CMS key unwrapping (bsc#1274788).
- CVE-2026-63074: CMP indefinite cache growth of `ExtraCerts` (bsc#1274797).
- CVE-2026-63076: invalid pointer dereference in CMP server via crafted `protectionAlg` (bsc#1274790).
- CVE-2026-75803: AEAD forgeries with empty ciphertext when using `EVP_Cipher()` (bsc#1275837).

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 libopenssl-3-devel, libopenssl3 and / or openssl-3 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 348405

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4032-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/21/2026

Updated: 9/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

Percentile: 96.21

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-75803

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl-3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-3

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: 9/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54874, CVE-2026-63072, CVE-2026-63074, CVE-2026-63076, CVE-2026-75803

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4032-1

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