SUSE SLED15: libopenssl-1_1-devel / libopenssl1_1 / libopenssl1_1-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:5172-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 379489

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-2026:5172-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-35189: Excessive Memory Allocation in Relative CRLDP Processing (bsc#1280589).
- CVE-2026-54872: Timing Side-Channel in Scalar Multiplication for Non-NIST EC Curves (bsc#1280591).
- CVE-2026-75806: Unauthenticated and Undersized DTLS 1.2 AEAD Record Causes DoS (bsc#1280597).
- CVE-2026-77696: Timing Side-Channel in SM2 Signature Generation (bsc#1280598).
- CVE-2026-84782: DTLS Retransmits Handshake Messages From a Stale Buffer Offset (bsc#1280587).

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 libopenssl-1_1-devel, libopenssl1_1, libopenssl1_1-32bit and / or openssl-1_1 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 379489

File Name: suse_SU-2026-5172-1.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: 6.5

Percentile: 96.25

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-84782

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:libopenssl-1_1-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libopenssl1_1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openssl-1_1

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: 9/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35189, CVE-2026-54872, CVE-2026-75806, CVE-2026-77696, CVE-2026-84782

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:5172-1

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