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Fedora 43 : openssl (2026-5f7d0a5656)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 297451

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-5f7d0a5656 advisory.

 Resolves: CVE-2025-15467 Resolves: CVE-2025-15468 Resolves: CVE-2025-15469 Resolves: CVE-2025-66199 Resolves: CVE-2025-68160 Resolves: CVE-2025-69418 Resolves: CVE-2025-69420 Resolves: CVE-2025-69421 Resolves: CVE-2025-69419 Resolves: CVE-2026-22795 Resolves: CVE-2026-22796 Resolves: CVE-2025-11187

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 1:openssl package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-5f7d0a5656

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 297451

File Name: fedora_2026-5f7d0a5656.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/31/2026

Updated: 1/31/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

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-2025-15467

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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openssl, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

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: 1/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11187, CVE-2025-15467, CVE-2025-15468, CVE-2025-15469, CVE-2025-66199, CVE-2025-68160, CVE-2025-69418, CVE-2025-69419, CVE-2025-69420, CVE-2025-69421, CVE-2026-22795, CVE-2026-22796

FEDORA: 2026-5f7d0a5656

IAVA: 2026-A-0087