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Fedora 44 : rust (2026-e251935c8f)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 319596

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 multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-e251935c8f advisory.

 Update to Rust 1.96.0:

 * New `Range*` types
 * Assert matching patterns
 * Changes to WebAssembly targets
 * Stabilized APIs
 * Cargo CVE-2026-5222 and CVE-2026-5223 for third-party registries.

 See the [blog post](https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/05/28/Rust-1.96.0/) and [release notes](https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/releases.html#version-1960-2026-05-28) for more details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected rust package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-e251935c8f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 319596

File Name: fedora_2026-e251935c8f.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/6/2026

Updated: 6/6/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5222

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Threat Score: 2.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5223

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rust

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5222, CVE-2026-5223