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Fedora 44 : chromium (2026-295354c8a1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 338835

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-2026-295354c8a1 advisory.

 chromium security release 151.0.7922.169

 * CVE-2026-76034: Buffer overflow in WebGL
 * CVE-2026-76036: Buffer overflow in Dawn
 * CVE-2026-76033: Inappropriate implementation in CORS
 * CVE-2026-76037: Link following in CredentialProvider
 * CVE-2026-76044: Race condition in USB
 * CVE-2026-76039: Incorrect reference resolution in Core
 * CVE-2026-76040: Use after free in Browser
 * CVE-2026-76035: Inappropriate implementation in Media
 * CVE-2026-76042: Use of uninitialized resource in GPU
 * CVE-2026-76046: Buffer overflow in ANGLE
 * CVE-2026-76043: Incorrect calculation in V8
 * CVE-2026-76041: Information leak in Skia
 * CVE-2026-76047: Type confusion in V8
 * CVE-2026-76038: Type confusion in V8
 * CVE-2026-76045: Use after free in WebGL

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 chromium package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-295354c8a1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 338835

File Name: fedora_2026-295354c8a1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/22/2026

Updated: 8/22/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.19

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-76047

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-76036

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-76033, CVE-2026-76034, CVE-2026-76035, CVE-2026-76036, CVE-2026-76037, CVE-2026-76038, CVE-2026-76039, CVE-2026-76040, CVE-2026-76041, CVE-2026-76042, CVE-2026-76043, CVE-2026-76044, CVE-2026-76045, CVE-2026-76046, CVE-2026-76047