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Fedora 44 : cockpit (2026-ac9d9c87c8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 316474

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-ac9d9c87c8 advisory.

 Automatic update for cockpit-362-1.fc44.

 ##### **Changelog for cockpit**

 ```
 * Wed May 20 2026 Packit <[email protected]> - 362-1
 - Bug fixes and translation updates
 - Fix arbitrary code execution via specially crafted logs page link (CVE-2026-4802)

 ```


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 cockpit package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-ac9d9c87c8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 316474

File Name: fedora_2026-ac9d9c87c8.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/22/2026

Updated: 5/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4802

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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:44, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cockpit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4802