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Fedora 46 : libkcapi (2026-e3ee465ab3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 338610

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 46 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-e3ee465ab3 advisory.

 Automatic update for libkcapi-1.5.1-2.fc46.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Thu Aug 20 2026 Ondrej Mosnek <[email protected]> - 1.5.1-2
 - Apply pending upstream patch to fix the auxiliary test
 * Tue Aug 18 2026 Ondrej Mosnek <[email protected]> - 1.5.1-1
 - Update to version 1.5.1 (fedora#2512793)
 - Fix CVE-2026-71225 (fedora#2511445)
 - Fix CVE-2026-71226 (fedora#2511484)
 - Fix CVE-2026-71227 (fedora#2511487)

 ```

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 Automatic update for libkcapi-1.5.1-1.fc46.


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 libkcapi package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-e3ee465ab3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 338610

File Name: fedora_2026-e3ee465ab3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/21/2026

Updated: 8/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.57

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-71226

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:46, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libkcapi

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: 8/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-71225, CVE-2026-71226, CVE-2026-71227