Mbed TLS 3.5.0 to 3.6.5 fixed in 3.6.6 and 4.1.0 has a buffer overflow in the x509_inet_pton_ipv6() function

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-52a9a687f0 advisory.

    Update to 1.28.0

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

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

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-10443c65e3 advisory.

    Update to 3.6.6


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

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

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-8c332fbf00 advisory.

    Update to 3.6.6

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

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

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-29f4f47ade advisory.

    Update to 1.28.0

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

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

The remote Fedora 45 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-d619d8d077 advisory.

    Automatic update for micropython-1.28.0-1.fc45.

    ##### **Changelog**

    ```
    * Mon Apr  6 2026 Lumr Balhar <lbalhar@redhat.com> - 1.28.0-1
    - Update to 1.28.0
    - Security fix for CVE-2026-1998
    - Update mbedtls submodule to 3.6.6
    - mbedtls security fixes for CVE-2026-25834, CVE-2026-34871, CVE-2026-25833
    - CVE-2025-52496, CVE-2025-52497, CVE-2025-49087, CVE-2025-54764, CVE-2025-59438      Resolves: rhbz#2455368, rhbz#2376688, rhbz#2376701, rhbz#2382261, rhbz#2405245,      rhbz#2405374, rhbz#2437327, rhbz#2454032, rhbz#2454086, rhbz#2454213

    ```

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

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

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the d77bd2f5-34f0-11f1-bc6d-3c7c3fba4204 advisory.

    https://mbed-tls.readthedocs.io/en/latest/security-advisories/ reports:

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

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

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Mbed TLS 3.5.0 to 3.6.5 fixed in 3.6.6 and 4.1.0 has a buffer overflow in the x509_inet_pton_ipv6()     function (CVE-2026-25833)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
310204	Fedora 44 : micropython (2026-52a9a687f0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
307409	Fedora 42 : mbedtls (2026-10443c65e3)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
307056	Fedora 43 : mbedtls (2026-8c332fbf00)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
306614	Fedora 43 : micropython (2026-29f4f47ade)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
306036	Fedora 45 : micropython (2026-d619d8d077)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
305996	FreeBSD : Mbed TLS -- vulnerabilities (d77bd2f5-34f0-11f1-bc6d-3c7c3fba4204)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical
304765	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-25833	Nessus	Misc.	high

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