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SUSE SLES16 Security Update : zstd-jni (SUSE-SU-2026:23868-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 350833

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:23868-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-87823: denial of Service or Information Disclosure via out-of-bounds read (bsc#1279953).
 - CVE-2026-87824: denial of Service (DoS) via out-of-bounds read in Zstd.trainFromBufferDirect (bsc#1279956).
 - CVE-2026-87825: use-after-free resulting in silent data corruption or JVM crashes (bsc#1279955).
 - CVE-2026-87877: use-After-Free vulnerability allows memory corruption and denial of service (bsc#1279954).

 Changes for zstd-jni:

 - update to version v1.5.7.16.

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 zstd-jni package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1279953

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1279954

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1279955

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1279956

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-87823

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-87824

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-87825

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-87877

http://www.nessus.org/u?f226389d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 350833

File Name: suse_SU-2026-23868-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/27/2026

Updated: 9/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.43

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-87823

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 6.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zstd-jni

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: 9/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-87823, CVE-2026-87824, CVE-2026-87825, CVE-2026-87877

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:23868-1