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openSUSE 16 Security Update : distribution (openSUSE-SU-2026:22010-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 362897

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-2026:22010-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-81871: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlplog/otlploggrpc: OpenTelemetry-Go: TLS certificate bypass allows log telemetry interception and alteration (bsc#1281468).
 - CVE-2026-81872: go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/log: OpenTelemetry-Go: Denial of Service via attacker- driven log emission (bsc#1281469).

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1281468

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1281469

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-81871

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-81872

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 362897

File Name: openSUSE-2026-22010-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/4/2026

Updated: 10/4/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 8.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-81871

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-81872

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: 10/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-81871, CVE-2026-81872