openSUSE 16: kubevirt1.9-container-disk / kubevirt1.9-libguestfs-tools / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:22180-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 374771

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-2026:22180-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-13622: virt-handler migration proxy follows symlinks allowing container escape to host (bsc#1272840).
- CVE-2026-78659: golang.org/x/net/http2: HTTP/2 server memory exhaustion due to Trailer headers (bsc#1286984).
- CVE-2026-78660: golang.org/x/net/http2: HTTP/2 transport accepts malformed framing-related headers (bsc#1287039).
- CVE-2026-78663: golang.org/x/net/http2: double flow control refund on HTTP/2 server streams (bsc#1287143).
- CVE-2026-78669: golang.org/x/net/http2: excessive CPU consumption from repeated initial window changes (bsc#1285255).
- CVE-2026-97032: golang.org/x/net/http2: HTTP/2 server crash due to HPACK encoder race (bsc#1287446).

Update to version 1.9.1:

* virt-template is pinned at v0.2.3
* several bug fixes, see https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt/releases/tag/v1.9.1

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: 374771

File Name: openSUSE-2026-22180-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

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: 5

Percentile: 93.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-78663

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:N/I:H/A:H

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:kubevirt1.9-container-disk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-libguestfs-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-pr-helper-conf, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-sidecar-shim, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-tests, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-virt-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-virt-controller, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-virt-exportproxy, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-virt-exportserver, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-virt-handler, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-virt-launcher, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-virt-operator, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-virt-synchronization-controller, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kubevirt1.9-virtctl

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: 8/12/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-13622, CVE-2026-78659, CVE-2026-78660, CVE-2026-78663, CVE-2026-78669, CVE-2026-97032

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