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Fedora 46 : python-nh3 / rust-ammonia (2026-938b1c0296)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 370495

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 46 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-938b1c0296 advisory.

 Update the ammonia crate to version 4.1.8. Rebuild python-nh3 to apply security fixes (RUSTSEC-2021-0156, RUSTSEC-2021-0158, RUSTSEC-2026-0373).

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 python-nh3 and / or rust-ammonia packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-938b1c0296

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 370495

File Name: fedora_2026-938b1c0296.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/22/2026

Updated: 10/22/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 10.29

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-63430

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:46, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-nh3, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rust-ammonia

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-63430