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Fedora 43 : python-streamlink (2026-4d6aae2d33)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 325135

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-2026-4d6aae2d33 advisory.


 ## streamlink 8.4.0 (2026-05-06)

 - SECURITY: fixed arbitrary local file read via `file://` URI in HLS and DASH ([`CVE-2026-44353`](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44353) / [`GHSA- hgqw-6m45-hw5f`](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/security/advisories/GHSA-hgqw-6m45-hw5f))
 - Added: `--stream-passthrough-encrypted` for passing through encrypted HLS/DASH segments to the output stream without any checks ([#6896](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6896))
 - Fixed: `--interface` selection by name on macOS ([#6908](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6908))
 - Fixed: `--interface` not being applied to adapters mounted after session init ([#6915](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6915))
 - Updated plugins:
 - goltelevision: rewritten and fixed plugin ([#6916](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6916))
 - twitcasting: improved ad segment filtering ([#6910](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6910))

 [Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/8.3.0...8.4.0)


 ## streamlink 8.3.0 (2026-04-10)

 - Added: support for choosing the `--interface` by name on non-Windows systems, with optional prefixes, similar to curl ([#6862](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6862))
 - Added: support for also checking stream segments in `HLSStream.parse_variant_playlist()` by setting `check_streams=segments` ([#6878](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6878))
 - Fixed: stdout/stderr streams in `ProcessOutput` not being fully line-buffered ([#6868](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6868))
 - Updated plugins:
 - cdnbg: rewritten and fixed plugin ([#6890](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6890))
 - nicolive: added websocket reconnect attempts on HLS decryption key retrieval failure ([#6871](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6871))
 - soop: migrated to sooplive.com ([#6876](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6876))
 - telefe: rewritten and fixed plugin ([#6891](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/pull/6891))

 [Full changelog](https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink/compare/8.2.1...8.3.0)

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 python-streamlink package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-4d6aae2d33

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 325135

File Name: fedora_2026-4d6aae2d33.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2026

Updated: 7/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.74

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44353

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-streamlink

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44353