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Fedora 42 : nginx / nginx-mod-brotli / nginx-mod-fancyindex / etc (2026-0b8cc86e5b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 299132

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 42 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-0b8cc86e5b advisory.

 nginx-mod-fancyindex:

 - Rebuild for 1.28.2

 nginx-mod-headers-more:

 - Rebuild for 1.28.2

 nginx-mod-brotli:

 - Rebuild for 1.28.2

 nginx-mod-modsecurity:

 - Rebuild for 1.28.2

 nginx-mod-vts:

 - Rebuild for 1.28.2

 nginx-mod-naxsi:

 - Rebuild for 1.28.2

 nginx:

 - Update to 1.28.2
 - fixes CVE-2026-1642
 - move log directory to nginx-filesystem subpackage (PR#20)
 - delete Maxim Dounin's key, it's no longer listed on the nginx website




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 packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-0b8cc86e5b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 299132

File Name: fedora_2026-0b8cc86e5b.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/15/2026

Updated: 2/15/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1642

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nginx, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nginx-mod-fancyindex, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nginx-mod-modsecurity, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nginx-mod-naxsi, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nginx-mod-vts, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nginx-mod-brotli, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nginx-mod-headers-more

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1642

FEDORA: 2026-0b8cc86e5b

IAVA: 2026-A-0140