SUSE SLES15: PackageKit / PackageKit-backend-zypp / PackageKit-devel / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:5144-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 378048

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:5144-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-41651: local root exploit security vulnerability (bsc#1262220).
- CVE-2026-104620: local privilege escalation by any local user can call `InstallFiles` with the `SIMULATE` flag without a `polkit` check (bsc#1284954).

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: 378048

File Name: suse_SU-2026-5144-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/10/2026

Updated: 11/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8

Percentile: 99.69

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41651

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-104620

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpackagekit-glib2-18, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpackagekit-glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:packagekit-backend-zypp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:packagekit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:packagekit-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:packagekit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-packagekitglib-1_0

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: 11/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-104620, CVE-2026-41651

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:5144-1

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