Detections
Analytics

Fedora 43 : rust-pulldown-cmark (2026-99900f26c7)

high Nessus Plugin ID 378694

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-99900f26c7 advisory.

 Update to version 0.13.6.

 Includes fixes for two issues that can result in quadratic or exponential parsing behaviour when enabling the off-by-default `ENABLE_WIKILINKS` option:

 - https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0414.html
 - https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0433.html


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 rust-pulldown-cmark package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-99900f26c7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 378694

File Name: fedora_2026-99900f26c7.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2026

Updated: 11/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:rust-pulldown-cmark

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2026

Reference Information