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Fedora 42 : openssh (2026-d08c298940)

high Nessus Plugin ID 311729

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-d08c298940 advisory.

 Fixes high severity CVE:
 - CVE-2026-35385: Fix privilege escalation via scp legacy protocol when not in preserving file mode

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 openssh package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-d08c298940

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311729

File Name: fedora_2026-d08c298940.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/2/2026

Updated: 5/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35385

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:openssh

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: 4/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35385

FEDORA: 2026-d08c298940

IAVA: 2026-A-0296