SUSE SLES15 Security Update : openssl-3-livepatches (SUSE-SU-2026:4040-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 348456

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4040-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-14457: RPK server signature algorithm selection can dereference a missing certificate (bsc#1275145, bsc#1274792).
- CVE-2026-63072: heap buffer overflow in CMS key unwrapping (bsc#1275133, bsc#1274788).
- CVE-2026-63076: invalid pointer dereference in CMP server via crafted `protectionAlg` (bsc#1275143, bsc#1274790).

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 openssl-3-livepatches package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 348456

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4040-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/21/2026

Updated: 9/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

Percentile: 96.21

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63072

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63076

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-3-livepatches

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-2026-14457, CVE-2026-63072, CVE-2026-63076

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4040-1

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