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Fedora 44 : chromium (2026-b7b02bebba)

high Nessus Plugin ID 301555

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-b7b02bebba advisory.

 Update to 145.0.7632.159

 * 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

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 chromium package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-b7b02bebba

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 301555

File Name: fedora_2026-b7b02bebba.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/9/2026

Updated: 3/9/2026

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: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:chromium

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: 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