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Fedora 44 : docker-buildx (2026-af9902ab5e)

high Nessus Plugin ID 364102

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-af9902ab5e advisory.

 - Update to release v0.37.2
 - Resolves: rhbz#2544198
 - Resolves CVE-2026-56855: rhbz#2530594
 - resolves CVE-2026-78662: rhbz#2530802
 - Upstream fix

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 docker-buildx package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-af9902ab5e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 364102

File Name: fedora_2026-af9902ab5e.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/8/2026

Updated: 10/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-78662

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-56855, CVE-2026-78662