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Fedora 44 : nix (2026-8c7366e046)

high Nessus Plugin ID 306851

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 a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-8c7366e046 advisory.

 - update to 2.34
 - https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.34/release-notes/rl-2.33.html
 - https://nix.dev/manual/nix/2.34/release-notes/rl-2.34.html
 - includes fix for nix-daemon critical GHSA-g3g9-5vj6-r3gj (CVE-2026-39860)
 - https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-g3g9-5vj6-r3gj






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 nix package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-8c7366e046

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 306851

File Name: fedora_2026-8c7366e046.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/16/2026

Updated: 4/16/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39860

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nix, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44

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-2026-39860