openSUSE 16: epiphany / epiphany-branding-upstream / epiphany-lang / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:22199-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 374748

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-2026:22199-1 advisory.

Changes in epiphany:

- CVE-2026-77679: path traversal in WebExtension XPI extraction (ZIP slip) (bsc#1276758)
- CVE-2026-77682: JavaScript code injection in autofill via unsanitized CSS selector from element id (bsc#1275932)

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 epiphany, epiphany-branding-upstream, epiphany-lang and / or gnome-shell-search-provider-epiphany packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1275932

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1276758

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77679

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77682

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 374748

File Name: openSUSE-2026-22199-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/1/2026

Updated: 11/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.55

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-77682

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:epiphany-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:epiphany-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:epiphany, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-shell-search-provider-epiphany

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: 10/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-77679, CVE-2026-77682