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Fedora 44 : gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect (2026-37da8aa1f8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 369954

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-2026-37da8aa1f8 advisory.

 Voici les notes de la release, telles que publies par daniellandau le 2026-09-23 :

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 **Release GSConnect v73**

 ## What's Changed

 * Security: fix authenticated path traversal (arbitrary file write) in Share and Notification plugins by @jessedegans in [#2163](https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/pull/2163)
 * Vipinus fix/clipboard handler safety net by @daniellandau in [#2177](https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome- shell-extension-gsconnect/pull/2177)
 * Improve CLI support for non-GNOME environment by @JingMatrix in [#2157](https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/pull/2157)
 * Follow XDG Base Directory Specification for `.mozilla` (fixes #2121) by @Renarde-dev in [#2156](https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/pull/2156)
 * Add TOTP copy button to messages that look like they have a TOTP code and fix undefined in notification by @xethlyx in [#2111](https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/pull/2111)
 * Fix DesktopAppInfo loading by @ferdnyc in [#2178](https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension- gsconnect/pull/2178)
 * Fix two issues with the phone number conversion methods, and add tests by @ferdnyc in [#2184](https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/pull/2184)
 * lan: fix IPv6 address parsing and formatting by @ihubanov in [#2186](https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome- shell-extension-gsconnect/pull/2186)
 * Keyboard shortcuts without grabbing by @daniellandau in [#2037](https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome- shell-extension-gsconnect/pull/2037)
 * Fix 'shortucts' typo error to 'shortcuts' by @mlorier in [#2188](https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome- shell-extension-gsconnect/pull/2188)
 * Better conditional GioUnix loading by @ferdnyc in [#2189](https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell- extension-gsconnect/pull/2189)
 * GNOME 51 by @DaPigGuy in [#2192](https://github.com/GSConnect/gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect/pull/2192)


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 gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-37da8aa1f8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 369954

File Name: fedora_2026-37da8aa1f8.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2026

Updated: 10/21/2026

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:gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2026

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