Fedora 43 : kernel (2026-35e2185559)

high Nessus Plugin ID 324623

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-2026-35e2185559 advisory.

The 7.0.14-101/201 kernel builds contain a fix for an unprivileged container / jail escape. This has not been assigned a CVE number yet, but a POC is in the wild.

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The 7.0.14 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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 kernel package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-35e2185559

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 324623

File Name: fedora_2026-35e2185559.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:kernel, 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: 7/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2026

Reference Information