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Fedora 45 : dnf5 (2026-4284af73e4)

high Nessus Plugin ID 350854

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 45 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-4284af73e4 advisory.

 - Update translations from weblate
 - spec: Symlink microdnf(8) and yum(8) manual pages to dnf5(8)
 - Update FSF's address in GPL-2.0 disclaimers
 - Update LGPL-2.1 and GPL-2.0 texts to current FSF's wording
 - fix: DNF5_FORCE_COLUMNS / non-TTY width in transaction table
 - progressbar: Report progress to terminal taskbar via OSC 9;4
 - Makefile: Add FEDORA_VERSION to unify defaults
 - spec: Require GCC 14.1 for std::chrono::parse()
 - dnf5daemon: Hide invalid offline transactions
 - Clarify plugin source language options
 - needs-restarting: Configure extra packages that require a reboot
 - VendorChangeManager: Allow empty vendor policies in compact format
 - manifest: Log before resolving & after writing files
 - manifest: Print transaction table on resolve

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 dnf5 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-4284af73e4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 350854

File Name: fedora_2026-4284af73e4.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/28/2026

Updated: 9/28/2026

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:45, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:dnf5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/26/2026

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