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Fedora 46 : emacs (2026-b3367f2111)

high Nessus Plugin ID 349499

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 46 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-b3367f2111 advisory.

 Automatic update for emacs-31.1-4.fc46.

 ##### **Changelog**

 ```
 * Wed Sep 23 2026 Peter Oliver <[email protected]> - 1:31.1-4
 - Prevent arbitrary code execution in flymake (rhbz#2537390).

 ```

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 1:emacs package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-b3367f2111

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 349499

File Name: fedora_2026-b3367f2111.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/23/2026

Updated: 9/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.35

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-2024-53920

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:46, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:emacs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53920