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openSUSE 16 Security Update : wpa_supplicant (openSUSE-SU-2026:22022-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 364110

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-2026:22022-1 advisory.

 Security issues fixed:

 - CVE-2026-78807: missing validation in driver-based PMKSA selection within wpa_supplicant can allow local security bypasses (bsc#1280914).

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 wpa_supplicant and / or wpa_supplicant-gui packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1280914

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-78807

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 364110

File Name: openSUSE-2026-22022-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/8/2026

Updated: 10/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.46

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-78807

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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:wpa_supplicant-gui, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wpa_supplicant

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: 10/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-78807