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Fedora 43 : rubygem-mechanize (2026-9d6aa20cbf)

high Nessus Plugin ID 341818

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-2026-9d6aa20cbf advisory.

 New version 1.14.1 is released.

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 rubygem-mechanize package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-9d6aa20cbf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 341818

File Name: fedora_2026-9d6aa20cbf.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/31/2026

Updated: 8/31/2026

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rubygem-mechanize

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2026

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