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Fedora 43 : jq (2026-4e57162966)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 307659

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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-4e57162966 advisory.

 Fixes CVE-2026-32316 Fixes CVE-2026-33947 Fixes CVE-2026-39956 Fixes CVE-2026-39979 Fixes CVE-2026-40164

 Fixes <skipped: too deep> bug https://github.com/jqlang/jq/issues/3413

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 jq package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-4e57162966

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 307659

File Name: fedora_2026-4e57162966.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/20/2026

Updated: 4/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32316

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-39979

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:jq, 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: 4/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32316, CVE-2026-33947, CVE-2026-39956, CVE-2026-39979, CVE-2026-40164

FEDORA: 2026-4e57162966

IAVB: 2025-B-0188