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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : cjose (SUSE-SU-2026:4237-1)

🗓️ 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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cjose heap-based buffer overflow from missing encrypted_key length validation in AES Key Wrap.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2026:4237-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(347893);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/09/18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-53938", "CVE-2026-53939");
  script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2026:4237-1");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES12 Security Update : cjose (SUSE-SU-2026:4237-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4237-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2026-53938: missing encrypted_key length validation during AES Key Wrap decryption can cause heap-
    based buffer
      overflow (bsc#1279844).
    - CVE-2026-53939: zero-filled content-encryption key generation in AES-CBC-HMAC JWE encryption within
    cjose can allow
      unauthorized content modification (bsc#1279846).

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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1279844");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1279846");
  # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20264237-1/
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?189c0233");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53938");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53939");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected libcjose0 package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-53939");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/09/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/09/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/09/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcjose0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)(?:_SAP)?\d+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES12|SLES_SAP12)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLES12 / SLES_SAP12', 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);

var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP12 SP5", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'libcjose0-0.6.1-7.8.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'libcjose0-0.6.1-7.8.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'libcjose0-0.6.1-7.8.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'libcjose0-0.6.1-7.8.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12.5', 'sles-ltss-extended-security-release-12.5', 'sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'libcjose0-0.6.1-7.8.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12.5', 'sles-release-12.5']},
    {'reference':'libcjose0-0.6.1-7.8.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES12', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-12.5', 'sles-release-12.5']}
];

var ltss_caveat_required = FALSE;
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (reference && _release) {
    if (exists_check) {
      var check_flag = 0;
      foreach var check (exists_check) {
        if (!rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:check)) continue;
        if ('ltss' >< tolower(check)) ltss_caveat_required = TRUE;
        check_flag++;
      }
      if (!check_flag) continue;
    }
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var ltss_plugin_caveat = NULL;
  if(ltss_caveat_required) ltss_plugin_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in SUSE Enterprise Linux Server LTSS\n' +
    'repositories. Access to these package security updates require\n' +
    'a paid SUSE LTSS subscription.\n';
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + ltss_plugin_caveat
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libcjose0');
}

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18 Sep 2026 00:00Current
CVSS 3.19.1
EPSS0.00236
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