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Fedora 43 : mod_md (2026-707b7050da)

high Nessus Plugin ID 315295

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-2026-707b7050da advisory.

 - CVE-2026-29168 fix

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 1:mod_md package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-707b7050da

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 315295

File Name: fedora_2026-707b7050da.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2026

Updated: 5/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-29168

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mod_md

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-29168