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Fedora 43 : scitokens-cpp (2026-52c99ecf64)

high Nessus Plugin ID 303315

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 a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-52c99ecf64 advisory.

 - Fix scope path boundary validation to deny sibling-prefix authorization bypasses
 - Reject parent-directory traversal in scope paths, including encoded traversal forms
 - Add regression tests covering sibling-prefix and traversal authorization checks

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected scitokens-cpp package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-52c99ecf64

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 303315

File Name: fedora_2026-52c99ecf64.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2026

Updated: 3/22/2026

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:scitokens-cpp

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: 3/13/2026

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