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Fedora 42 : cef (2026-2a94cc43d9)

high Nessus Plugin ID 294856

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 a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-2a94cc43d9 advisory.

 Update to 143.0.7499.192 [rhbz#2427842]
 * High CVE-2026-0628: Insufficient policy enforcement in WebView tag

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 cef package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-2a94cc43d9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 294856

File Name: fedora_2026-2a94cc43d9.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/21/2026

Updated: 1/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2026-0628

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:cef

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: 1/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0628