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Fedora 43 : cef (2026-0bced5158d)

high Nessus Plugin ID 300640

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-2026-0bced5158d advisory.

 Update to cef-145.0.25 + chromium 145.0.7632.75

 * CVE-2026-1861: Heap buffer overflow in libvpx
 * CVE-2026-1862: Type Confusion in V8
 * CVE-2026-2313: Use after free in CSS
 * CVE-2026-2314: Heap buffer overflow in Codecs
 * CVE-2026-2315: Inappropriate implementation in WebGPU
 * CVE-2026-2316: Insufficient policy enforcement in Frames
 * CVE-2026-2317: Inappropriate implementation in Animation
 * CVE-2026-2318: Inappropriate implementation in PictureInPicture
 * CVE-2026-2319: Race in DevTools
 * CVE-2026-2320: Inappropriate implementation in File input
 * CVE-2026-2321: Use after free in Ozone
 * CVE-2026-2322: Inappropriate implementation in File input
 * CVE-2026-2323: Inappropriate implementation in Downloads
 * CVE-2026-2441: Use after free in CSS

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-2026-0bced5158d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 300640

File Name: fedora_2026-0bced5158d.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/4/2026

Updated: 3/4/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2441

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cef, 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: 2/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2026

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-1861, CVE-2026-1862, CVE-2026-2313, CVE-2026-2314, CVE-2026-2315, CVE-2026-2316, CVE-2026-2317, CVE-2026-2318, CVE-2026-2319, CVE-2026-2320, CVE-2026-2321, CVE-2026-2322, CVE-2026-2323, CVE-2026-2441