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Fedora 44 : chromium (2026-650bd96540)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 321852

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-2026-650bd96540 advisory.

 Update to 149.0.7827.155

 * CVE-2026-12437: Use after free in WebShare
 * CVE-2026-12438: Inappropriate implementation in WebView
 * CVE-2026-12439: Use after free in Digital Credentials
 * CVE-2026-12440: Use after free in DigitalCredentials
 * CVE-2026-12441: Use after free in File Input
 * CVE-2026-12442: Use after free in Passwords
 * CVE-2026-12443: Use after free in Web Authentication
 * CVE-2026-12444: Out of bounds read in Chromoting
 * CVE-2026-12445: Use after free in Extensions
 * CVE-2026-12446: Insufficient data validation in Passwords
 * CVE-2026-12447: Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC
 * CVE-2026-12448: Inappropriate implementation in WebView
 * CVE-2026-12449: Use after free in Chromoting
 * CVE-2026-12450: Inappropriate implementation in Media
 * CVE-2026-12451: Use after free in DigitalCredentials
 * CVE-2026-12452: Use after free in Downloads
 * CVE-2026-12453: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Input
 * CVE-2026-12454: Race in Safe Browsing
 * CVE-2026-12455: Use after free in Tab Strip
 * CVE-2026-12456: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Extensions
 * CVE-2026-12457: Insufficient data validation in Extensions
 * CVE-2026-12458: Incorrect security UI in Passwords
 * CVE-2026-12459: Inappropriate implementation in Serial
 * CVE-2026-12460: Insufficient policy enforcement in File System Access
 * CVE-2026-12461: Out of bounds read in WebRTC
 * CVE-2026-12462: Use after free in Media
 * CVE-2026-12463: Inappropriate implementation in Views
 * CVE-2026-12464: Use after free in Browser
 * CVE-2026-12465: Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Metrics
 * CVE-2026-12466: Heap buffer overflow in WebRTC
 * CVE-2026-12467: Use after free in Extensions
 * CVE-2026-12468: Inappropriate implementation in Updater
 * CVE-2026-12469: Uninitialized Use in GPU


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 chromium package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-650bd96540

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 321852

File Name: fedora_2026-650bd96540.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/21/2026

Updated: 6/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-12466

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-12440

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-12437, CVE-2026-12438, CVE-2026-12439, CVE-2026-12440, CVE-2026-12441, CVE-2026-12442, CVE-2026-12443, CVE-2026-12444, CVE-2026-12445, CVE-2026-12446, CVE-2026-12447, CVE-2026-12448, CVE-2026-12449, CVE-2026-12450, CVE-2026-12451, CVE-2026-12452, CVE-2026-12453, CVE-2026-12454, CVE-2026-12455, CVE-2026-12456, CVE-2026-12457, CVE-2026-12458, CVE-2026-12459, CVE-2026-12460, CVE-2026-12461, CVE-2026-12462, CVE-2026-12463, CVE-2026-12464, CVE-2026-12465, CVE-2026-12466, CVE-2026-12467, CVE-2026-12468, CVE-2026-12469