openSUSE 16 Security Update : libsoup (openSUSE-SU-2026:21901-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 350158

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21901-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-85197: heap use-after-free in HTTP/2 `client on_data_read()` via `GOAWAY` during body upload (bsc#1279238).
- CVE-2026-85534: heap buffer overflow in `SoupSession` through `on_data_source_read_callback()` via `SETTINGS` frame with crafted `INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE` (bsc#1279239).

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 libsoup-3_0-0, libsoup-devel, libsoup-lang and / or typelib-1_0-Soup-3_0 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 350158

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21901-1.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: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.43

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-85197

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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:libsoup-3_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsoup-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libsoup-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-soup-3_0

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: 9/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-85197, CVE-2026-85534

Detections

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