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Fedora 44 : rsync (2026-bfae8723e2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 338831

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-bfae8723e2 advisory.

 New version 3.5.0. Includes fixes for following CVEs:
 CVE-2026-53783, CVE-2026-53784, CVE-2026-53785, CVE-2026-53786, CVE-2026-53788, CVE-2026-53789, CVE-2026-53790, CVE-2026-53791, CVE-2026-53792, CVE-2026-53793, CVE-2026-53794, CVE-2026-53795, CVE-2026-53796, CVE-2026-53797, CVE-2026-53798, CVE-2026-53799, CVE-2026-53800, CVE-2026-53801, CVE-2026-53802, CVE-2026-53803, CVE-2026-70452, CVE-2026-70453, CVE-2026-70454, CVE-2026-70455, CVE-2026-70456, CVE-2026-70457, CVE-2026-70458, CVE-2026-70459, CVE-2026-70460, CVE-2026-70461, CVE-2026-70462, CVE-2026-70463, CVE-2026-70464




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 rsync package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-bfae8723e2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 338831

File Name: fedora_2026-bfae8723e2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/22/2026

Updated: 8/22/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.99

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53795

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53791

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.2

Threat Score: 7.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-70460

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-43618, CVE-2026-53783, CVE-2026-53784, CVE-2026-53785, CVE-2026-53786, CVE-2026-53788, CVE-2026-53789, CVE-2026-53790, CVE-2026-53791, CVE-2026-53792, CVE-2026-53793, CVE-2026-53794, CVE-2026-53795, CVE-2026-53796, CVE-2026-53797, CVE-2026-53798, CVE-2026-53799, CVE-2026-53800, CVE-2026-53801, CVE-2026-53802, CVE-2026-53803, CVE-2026-70452, CVE-2026-70453, CVE-2026-70454, CVE-2026-70455, CVE-2026-70456, CVE-2026-70457, CVE-2026-70458, CVE-2026-70459, CVE-2026-70460, CVE-2026-70461, CVE-2026-70462, CVE-2026-70463, CVE-2026-70464

FEDORA: 2026-bfae8723e2

IAVA: 2026-A-0502