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Fedora 45 : bcftools / htslib / samtools (2026-c383d4a134)

high Nessus Plugin ID 303035

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 45 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-c383d4a134 advisory.

 Update to 1.23.1

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 bcftools, htslib and / or samtools packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-c383d4a134

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 303035

File Name: fedora_2026-c383d4a134.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/19/2026

Updated: 3/20/2026

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: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31971

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31967

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Threat Score: 6.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31968

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:htslib, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:samtools, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:45, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:bcftools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31966, CVE-2026-31967, CVE-2026-31968, CVE-2026-31969, CVE-2026-31970, CVE-2026-31971

FEDORA: 2026-c383d4a134

IAVB: 2026-B-0071