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Fedora 42 : nix (2026-3cfb30c1fb)

high Nessus Plugin ID 314602

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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-2026-3cfb30c1fb 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-2026-3cfb30c1fb

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 314602

File Name: fedora_2026-3cfb30c1fb.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/14/2026

Updated: 5/14/2026

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

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