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Fedora 43 : nix (2026-5dfbb9ed69)

high Nessus Plugin ID 314526

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 a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-5dfbb9ed69 advisory.

 - update to 2.31.5: fixes high GHSA-vh5x-56v6-4368 and moderate GHSA-gr92-w2r5-qw5p
 - https://discourse.nixos.org/t/security-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-in-lix-and-nix/77407
 - https://github.com/NixOS/nix/security/advisories/GHSA-vh5x-56v6-4368




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-2026-5dfbb9ed69

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 314526

File Name: fedora_2026-5dfbb9ed69.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/14/2026

Updated: 5/14/2026

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:nix, 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: 5/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2026

Reference Information