openSUSE 16 Security Update : distribution (openSUSE-SU-2026:21898-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 350153

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-2026:21898-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-37236: github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/runtime: client can override the HTTP method of a POST request through the X-HTTP-Method-Override header and bypass established access control (bsc#1277966).
- CVE-2026-41178: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/baggage: no rejection of raw-length headers in baggage parsing allows for DoS via oversized inputs (bsc#1276677).
- CVE-2026-84303: github.com/grpc/grpc-go: xDS RBAC HTTP filter implementation issue allows for bypass of authorization policies via mixed-case or canonical-case header matches (bsc#1279316).
- CVE-2026-84304: github.com/grpc/grpc-go: heap memory exhaustion via HTTP/2 DATA frame fragmentation (bsc#1279219).
- CVE-2026-84445: google.golang.org/grpc: DoS via crash due to missing `:authority` and `Host` headers in gRPC-Go xDS servers (bsc#1278997).
- CVE-2026-41178: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/baggage: no rejection of raw-length headers in baggage parsing allows for DoS via oversized inputs (bsc#1276677).
- CVE-2026-84303: google.golang.org/grpc: xDS RBAC HTTP filter implementation issue allows for bypass of authorization policies via mixed-case or canonical-case header matches (bsc#1279316).
- CVE-2026-84304: google.golang.org/grpc: heap memory exhaustion via HTTP/2 DATA frame fragmentation (bsc#1279219).
- CVE-2026-84445: google.golang.org/grpc: DoS via crash due to missing ':authority' and 'Host' headers in gRPC-Go xDS servers (bsc#1278997).

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 distribution-registry package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 350153

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21898-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/25/2026

Updated: 9/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-37236

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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:distribution-registry

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: 9/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-37236, CVE-2026-39827, CVE-2026-41178, CVE-2026-84303, CVE-2026-84304, CVE-2026-84445

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