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openSUSE 16: httpcomponents-client / httpcomponents-client-cache / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21894-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 350155

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:21894-1 advisory.

 This update for httpcomponents-client fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-64607: improper release of underlying connection back to connection manager when an invalid or unsupported `Content-Encoding` header value in a response message (bsc#1273163).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected httpcomponents-client, httpcomponents-client-cache and / or httpcomponents-client-javadoc packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1273163

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-64607

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 350155

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21894-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2026

Updated: 9/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-64607

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:httpcomponents-client-cache, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:httpcomponents-client-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:httpcomponents-client

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: 9/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-64607