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Fedora 44 : parted (2026-6ac486039c)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 347933

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-2026-6ac486039c advisory.

 - parted: Fix partition number allocation in do_print (bcl)
 - fdasd: Make sure data set name is positive (bcl)
 - resize: Make sure hfsc_new_cachetable cannot overflow on 32bit (bcl)
 - resize: Make sure 32bit build cannot overflow frag_count (bcl)
 - libparted: Catch FAT metadata triggered errors (bcl) Resolves: CVE-2026-89085 Resolves: CVE-2026-89088


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 parted package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-6ac486039c

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 347933

File Name: fedora_2026-6ac486039c.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/18/2026

Updated: 9/18/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.24

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-89088

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-89085, CVE-2026-89088