Fedora 46 : sos (2026-55bfd55650)
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-79655 | 25 Aug 202613:49 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2026-79655 Sos: sos: path traversal in sos clean tar extraction via unvalidated symlink/hardlink targets leads to arbitrary file write | 25 Aug 202613:49 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2026-79655 | 25 Aug 202613:49 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2026-65492 | 25 Aug 202613:49 | – | euvd | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 45 Update: sos-4.12.0-2.fc45 | 1 Oct 202600:17 | – | fedora | |
| Sos: sos: path traversal in sos clean tar extraction via unvalidated symlink/hardlink targets leads to arbitrary file write | 29 Aug 202608:08 | – | mscve | |
| CVE-2026-79655 | 25 Aug 202614:16 | – | nvd | |
| AZL-98211 CVE-2026-79655 affecting package sos 4.6.1-2 | 25 Aug 202614:16 | – | osv | |
| DEBIAN-CVE-2026-79655 | 25 Aug 202614:16 | – | osv | |
| UBUNTU-CVE-2026-79655 | 25 Aug 202614:16 | – | osv |
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2026-55bfd55650
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(351111);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/09/29");
script_cve_id("CVE-2026-79655");
script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2026-55bfd55650");
script_name(english:"Fedora 46 : sos (2026-55bfd55650)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Fedora 46 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
FEDORA-2026-55bfd55650 advisory.
Automatic update for sos-4.12.0-2.fc46.
##### **Changelog**
```
* Tue Sep 29 2026 Sandro Bonazzola <[email protected]> - 4.12.0-2
- Fix cleaner to refuse out-of-tree tar members
- Patches to fix cleaner refuse out of tree tar members on extract
{CVE-2026-79655}
- Resolves: fedora#2523430
```
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.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-55bfd55650");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected sos package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-79655");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/08/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/09/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/09/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:46");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:sos");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm2.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Fedora' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Fedora');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Fedora');
if (! preg(pattern:"^46([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Fedora 46', 'Fedora ' + os_version);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Fedora', cpu);
var constraints = [
{
'release': '46',
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'sos-4.12.0-2.fc46', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
]
}
];
var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');
var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
# Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
}
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
}
foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
reference = NULL;
sp = NULL;
_cpu = NULL;
el_string = NULL;
rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
epoch = NULL;
allowmaj = NULL;
exists_check = NULL;
cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
if (reference &&
## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
(!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'sos');
}
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29 Sep 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.00186
SSVC