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Fedora 45 : python3.12 (2026-05338c2e02)

high Nessus Plugin ID 331294

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 45 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-05338c2e02 advisory.

 Automatic update for python3.12-3.12.13-6.fc45.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Tue Jul 28 2026 Luk Zachar <[email protected]> - 3.12.13-6
 - Security fix for CVE-2026-15308 Resolves: rhbz#2498688
 * Tue Jul 28 2026 Miro Hronok <[email protected]> - 3.12.13-5
 - Skip UDP Lite tests if it's not supported
 - Fixes FTBFS on Linux kernel 7.1 and newer
 * Thu Jul 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering <[email protected]> - 3.12.13-4
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_45_Mass_Rebuild

 ```

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 python3.12 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-05338c2e02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 331294

File Name: fedora_2026-05338c2e02.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/30/2026

Updated: 7/30/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.74

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15308

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:45, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python3.12

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15308