Fedora 44 : bcftools / htslib / samtools (2026-cb321bebb5)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 304040

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 44 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-cb321bebb5 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 304040

File Name: fedora_2026-cb321bebb5.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/28/2026

Updated: 3/28/2026

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-2026-31972

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 v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31973

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:htslib, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:samtools, 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-2026-31972, CVE-2026-31973

FEDORA: 2026-cb321bebb5

IAVB: 2026-B-0071

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