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Fedora 44 : chromium (2026-6e868c481c)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 302231

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-2026-6e868c481c advisory.

 Update to 146.0.7680.71

 * CVE-2026-3913: Heap buffer overflow in WebML
 * CVE-2026-3914: Integer overflow in WebML
 * CVE-2026-3915: Heap buffer overflow in WebML
 * CVE-2026-3916: Out of bounds read in Web Speech
 * CVE-2026-3917: Use after free in Agents
 * CVE-2026-3918: Use after free in WebMCP
 * CVE-2026-3919: Use after free in Extensions
 * CVE-2026-3920: Out of bounds memory access in WebML
 * CVE-2026-3921: Use after free in TextEncoding
 * CVE-2026-3922: Use after free in MediaStream
 * CVE-2026-3923: Use after free in WebMIDI
 * CVE-2026-3924: Use after free in WindowDialog
 * CVE-2026-3925: Incorrect security UI in LookalikeChecks
 * CVE-2026-3926: Out of bounds read in V8
 * CVE-2026-3927: Incorrect security UI in PictureInPicture
 * CVE-2026-3928: Insufficient policy enforcement in Extensions
 * CVE-2026-3929: Side-channel information leakage in ResourceTiming
 * CVE-2026-3930: Unsafe navigation in Navigation
 * CVE-2026-3931: Heap buffer overflow in Skia
 * CVE-2026-3932: Insufficient policy enforcement in PDF
 * CVE-2026-3934: Insufficient policy enforcement in ChromeDriver
 * CVE-2026-3935: Incorrect security UI in WebAppInstalls
 * CVE-2026-3936: Use after free in WebView
 * CVE-2026-3937: Incorrect security UI in Downloads
 * CVE-2026-3938: Insufficient policy enforcement in Clipboard
 * CVE-2026-3939: Insufficient policy enforcement in PDF
 * CVE-2026-3940: Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools
 * CVE-2026-3941: Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools
 * CVE-2026-3942: Incorrect security UI in PictureInPicture


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-2026-6e868c481c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 302231

File Name: fedora_2026-6e868c481c.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2026

Updated: 3/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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-2026-3936

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-3916

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: 3/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-3913, CVE-2026-3914, CVE-2026-3915, CVE-2026-3916, CVE-2026-3917, CVE-2026-3918, CVE-2026-3919, CVE-2026-3920, CVE-2026-3921, CVE-2026-3922, CVE-2026-3923, CVE-2026-3924, CVE-2026-3925, CVE-2026-3926, CVE-2026-3927, CVE-2026-3928, CVE-2026-3929, CVE-2026-3930, CVE-2026-3931, CVE-2026-3932, CVE-2026-3934, CVE-2026-3935, CVE-2026-3936, CVE-2026-3937, CVE-2026-3938, CVE-2026-3939, CVE-2026-3940, CVE-2026-3941, CVE-2026-3942