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Fedora 43 : cef (2026-c5295ae3b9)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 297506

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-c5295ae3b9 advisory.

 Update to cef-144.0.11+ge135be2 + chromium 144.0.7559.96 (rhbz#2432335)

 * CVE-2026-1220: Race in V8
 * CVE-2026-0899: Out of bounds memory access in V8
 * CVE-2026-0900: Inappropriate implementation in V8
 * CVE-2026-0901: Inappropriate implementation in Blink
 * CVE-2026-0902: Inappropriate implementation in V8
 * CVE-2026-0903: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Downloads
 * CVE-2026-0904: Incorrect security UI in Digital Credentials
 * CVE-2026-0905: Insufficient policy enforcement in Network
 * CVE-2026-0906: Incorrect security UI
 * CVE-2026-0907: Incorrect security UI in Split View
 * CVE-2026-0908: Use after free in ANGLE

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 cef package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-c5295ae3b9

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 297506

File Name: fedora_2026-c5295ae3b9.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2026

Updated: 2/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0908

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0907

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cef

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-0899, CVE-2026-0900, CVE-2026-0901, CVE-2026-0902, CVE-2026-0903, CVE-2026-0904, CVE-2026-0905, CVE-2026-0906, CVE-2026-0907, CVE-2026-0908, CVE-2026-1220