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Fedora 42 : harfbuzz (2026-bac983cf83)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 296983

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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 a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-bac983cf83 advisory.

 Backport security fix for CVE-2026-22693 (fix RHBZ#2429278)

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 harfbuzz package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-bac983cf83

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 296983

File Name: fedora_2026-bac983cf83.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/28/2026

Updated: 1/28/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22693

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22693

FEDORA: 2026-bac983cf83

IAVA: 2026-A-0079