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Fedora 43 : cef (2026-b5f8adc627)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 301470

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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-b5f8adc627 advisory.

 Bump to cef-145.0.28+g51162e8 + chromium 145.0.7632.159 (rhbz#2437035)

 * CVE-2026-3536: Integer overflow in ANGLE
 * CVE-2026-3537: Object lifecycle issue in PowerVR
 * CVE-2026-3538: Integer overflow in Skia
 * CVE-2026-3539: Object lifecycle issue in DevTools
 * CVE-2026-3540: Inappropriate implementation in WebAudio
 * CVE-2026-3541: Inappropriate implementation in CSS
 * CVE-2026-3542: Inappropriate implementation in WebAssembly
 * CVE-2026-3543: Inappropriate implementation in V8
 * CVE-2026-3544: Heap buffer overflow in WebCodecs
 * CVE-2026-3545: Insufficient data validation in Navigation
 * CVE-2026-3061: Out of bounds read in Media
 * CVE-2026-3062: Out of bounds read and write in Tint
 * CVE-2026-3063: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools
 * CVE-2026-2648: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium
 * CVE-2026-2649: Integer overflow in V8
 * CVE-2026-2650: Heap buffer overflow in Media

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-b5f8adc627

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 301470

File Name: fedora_2026-b5f8adc627.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/8/2026

Updated: 3/8/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

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-2026-3538

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-2026-3062

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2648, CVE-2026-2649, CVE-2026-2650, CVE-2026-3061, CVE-2026-3062, CVE-2026-3063, CVE-2026-3536, CVE-2026-3537, CVE-2026-3538, CVE-2026-3539, CVE-2026-3540, CVE-2026-3541, CVE-2026-3542, CVE-2026-3543, CVE-2026-3544, CVE-2026-3545