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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : google-osconfig-agent (SUSE-SU-2026:4554-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 364128

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4554-1 advisory.

 This update for google-osconfig-agent fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-63209: github.com/klauspost/compress: signed integer overflow in s2.NewDict() allows an attacker to bypass repeat index validation and cause a process crash (bsc#1283672).

 Changes for google-osconfig-agent:

 Update to version 20260928.01

 * scalibr linux new metadata support (#1038)
 * Fix failing to report REBOOTING state during postPatchReboot due to context canceled for Windows VMs (#1055)
 * Fix os/snap extractor usage (#1053)
 - Update github.com/klauspost/compress to v1.18.7 (bsc#1283672, CVE-2026-63209)
 * bump grpc package to new version (#1057)
 * bump some dependencies across few modules (#1056)
 - Update github.com/klauspost/compress to v1.18.7 (bsc#1283672, CVE-2026-63209)

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 google-osconfig-agent package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1283672

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-63209

http://www.nessus.org/u?61274ad2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 364128

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4554-1.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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.62

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63209

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:google-osconfig-agent

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: 10/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-63209

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4554-1