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Fedora 43 : python-cryptography (2026-95233f8a79)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 306369

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-2026-95233f8a79 advisory.


 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Wed Apr 8 2026 Jeremy Cline <[email protected]> - 46.0.7-1
 - Update to 46.0.7
 - SECURITY ISSUE: Fixed an issue where non-contiguous buffers could be passed to APIs that accept Python buffers, which could lead to buffer overflow. CVE-2026-39892

 ```



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 python-cryptography package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-95233f8a79

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 306369

File Name: fedora_2026-95233f8a79.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/14/2026

Updated: 4/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39892

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:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-cryptography, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-39892