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Fedora 43 : cockpit (2026-58cee40a55)

high Nessus Plugin ID 318776

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-2026-58cee40a55 advisory.

 Automatic update for cockpit-362-1.fc43.

 ##### **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-2026-58cee40a55

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 318776

File Name: fedora_2026-58cee40a55.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2026

Updated: 6/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, 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: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cockpit, 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: 5/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-4802