SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libXi (SUSE-SU-2026:5165-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 379428

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:5165-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-93541: Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XQueryDeviceState() (bsc#1281605).
- CVE-2026-93542: Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XI2 class parsing via size_classes() and copy_classes() (bsc#1281606).
- CVE-2026-93543: Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XI2 class parser (bsc#1281608).
- CVE-2026-93544: Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XI2 XIQueryDevice reply parsing (bsc#1281609).
- CVE-2026-93545: Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XListInputDevices() (bsc#1281612).
- CVE-2026-94281: Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XListInputDevices() class parsing (bsc#1281615).
- CVE-2026-94282: Out-of-bounds read in libXi's XI2 enter/leave/focus cookie conversio (bsc#1281651).
- CVE-2026-109089: XGetDeviceControl Control Type Mismatch Heap Buffer Overflow (bsc#1285084).
- CVE-2026-109090: XGetDeviceControl DEVICE_ENABLE Heap Buffer Overflow (bsc#1285085).

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 libXi-devel, libXi6 and / or libXi6-32bit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 379428

File Name: suse_SU-2026-5165-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/12/2026

Updated: 11/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-109090

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxi-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxi6-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxi6

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: 11/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-109089, CVE-2026-109090, CVE-2026-93541, CVE-2026-93542, CVE-2026-93543, CVE-2026-93544, CVE-2026-93545, CVE-2026-94281, CVE-2026-94282

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:5165-1

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