SUSE SLES12: openssh8.4 / openssh8.4-clients / openssh8.4-common / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:4907-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 372258

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4907-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-59995: sftp: a malicious server could change the the location of downloaded files (bsc#1271044).
- CVE-2026-59997: sshd: internal-sftp command lines are silently truncated after the 9th argument (bsc#1271048).
- CVE-2026-59998: sshd: Undocumented GSSAPIStrictAcceptorCheck behavior impacts security in Windows Active Directory (bsc#1271049).
- CVE-2026-59999: sshd: DisableForwarding=yes didn't override PermitTunnel=yes (bsc#1271052).
- CVE-2026-60000: sshd: pre-authentication denial of service when GSSAPIAuthentication is enabled (bsc#1271053).
- CVE-2026-60001: sshd: honor the minimum authentication delay (bsc#1271054).
- CVE-2026-60002: ssh: client-side use-after-free when a server changes its host key during a key reexchange (bsc#1271055).

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 372258

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4907-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/27/2026

Updated: 10/27/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

Percentile: 57.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.7

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-60002

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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:openssh8.4-clients, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh8.4-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh8.4-fips, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh8.4-helpers, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh8.4-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssh8.4

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: 10/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59995, CVE-2026-59997, CVE-2026-59998, CVE-2026-59999, CVE-2026-60000, CVE-2026-60001, CVE-2026-60002

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4907-1

Detections

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