Fedora 42 : exim (2026-aab8eaa2e3)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 294792

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-aab8eaa2e3 advisory.

This is new exim version fixing CVE-2025-67896.

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.

Solution

Update the affected exim package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 294792

File Name: fedora_2026-aab8eaa2e3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-67896

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:exim

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/3/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-26794, CVE-2025-67896

FEDORA: 2026-aab8eaa2e3

IAVA: 2025-A-0206-S, 2026-A-0007

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