Fedora 42 : perl-CryptX (2026-bc5090f99b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 311775

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-bc5090f99b advisory.

0.088 2026-04-23
- Crypt::KeyDerivation - new functions: pbkdf1_openssl, bcrypt_pbkdf, scrypt_pbkdf, argon2_pbkdf
- Crypt::Misc - new functions: random_v7uuid, is_uuid
- bundled libtomcrypt update branch:develop (commit: 2e441a17 2026-04-15)
- bundled libtommath update branch:develop (commit: ae40a87 2026-04-20)
- security fix CVE-2026-41564 https://github.com/DCIT/perl- CryptX/security/advisories/GHSA-24c2-gp6c-24c6

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 perl-CryptX package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311775

File Name: fedora_2026-bc5090f99b.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 5/2/2026

Updated: 5/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41564

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41564

FEDORA: 2026-bc5090f99b

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