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openSUSE 16 Security Update : jq (openSUSE-SU-2026:21833-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 367989

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-2026:21833-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-43895: embedded NUL bytes in import paths can lead to policy bypass and sensitive information disclosure (bsc#1265071).
 - CVE-2026-47770: stack overflow in deep structural equality (bsc#1269221).

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 jq, libjq-devel and / or libjq1 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265071

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269221

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43895

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47770

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 367989

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21833-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2026

Updated: 10/20/2026

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: 3

Percentile: 23.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-47770

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Threat Score: 5.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jq, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjq-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libjq1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-43895, CVE-2026-47770

IAVB: 2026-B-0180