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Fedora 44 : haveged (2026-02b08daa05)

high Nessus Plugin ID 319654

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-2026-02b08daa05 advisory.

 Update to 1.9.22 fix systemd sandboxing: add `ReadWritePaths=/dev/shm` for semaphore creation

 Backport fix for CVE-2026-41054: privilege escalation via command socket

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 haveged package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-02b08daa05

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 319654

File Name: fedora_2026-02b08daa05.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/8/2026

Updated: 6/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-41054

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:haveged

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-41054