SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : skopeo (SUSE-SU-2026:5193-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 379486

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-2026:5193-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-34986: github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4,github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v3: crafted JWE input with a missing encrypted key can lead to a denial of service (bsc#1262823).
- CVE-2026-79699: crafted tar archive containing malicious whiteout header can cause the extraction destination directory to be replaced with an arbitrary file (bsc#1280698).
- CVE-2026-116585,CVE-2026-116586,CVE-2026-116587: github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4: multiple security issues in github.com/go-jose/go-jose before 4.1.6 (bsc#1288278).

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 skopeo, skopeo-bash-completion and / or skopeo-zsh-completion packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 379486

File Name: suse_SU-2026-5193-1.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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.87

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-79699

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-116586

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:skopeo-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:skopeo-zsh-completion, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:skopeo

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: 11/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-116585, CVE-2026-116586, CVE-2026-116587, CVE-2026-34986, CVE-2026-79699

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:5193-1

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