Fedora 44 : libarchive (2026-54ce3fd147)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 310598

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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-54ce3fd147 advisory.

Rebase to the latest upstream version - 3.8.7

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 libarchive package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 310598

File Name: fedora_2026-54ce3fd147.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 4/28/2026

Updated: 4/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4426

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 Score Source: CVE-2026-5121

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libarchive, 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: 4/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4426, CVE-2026-5121

FEDORA: 2026-54ce3fd147

IAVA: 2026-A-0270

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