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Fedora 44 : libheif (2026-ba6dbf405c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 348336

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 a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-ba6dbf405c advisory.

 Latest security bugfix release from upstream. Changes:
 https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/releases/tag/v1.23.4 .

 * Resolves a number of vulnerabilities.
 * Splits out the FFmpeg plugin to an optional subpackage to limit main package dependencies.


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 libheif package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-ba6dbf405c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 348336

File Name: fedora_2026-ba6dbf405c.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/20/2026

Updated: 9/20/2026

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/18/2026

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