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openSUSE 16: evolution / evolution-devel / evolution-lang / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:22263-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 379532

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:22263-1 advisory.

 Changes in evolution:

 - CVE-2026-88859: JavaScript handler incorrectly assigns an attacker-controlled JavaScript URL to an iframe's source when processing a crafted HTML email containing a spoofed vCard control, which can lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution (bsc#1280004)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1280004

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-88859

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 379532

File Name: openSUSE-2026-22263-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2026

Updated: 11/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-88859

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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:evolution-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:evolution-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:evolution-plugin-bogofilter, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:evolution-plugin-pst-import, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:evolution-plugin-spamassassin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:evolution-plugin-text-highlight, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:evolution

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: 11/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-88859