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Fedora 42 : cef (2026-95fffce421)

🗓️ 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Fedora 42 updates cef and chromium to fix multiple CVEs listed in FEDORA-2026-95fffce421.

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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-2026-95fffce421
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(301500);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/03/09");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2026-2648",
    "CVE-2026-2649",
    "CVE-2026-2650",
    "CVE-2026-3061",
    "CVE-2026-3062",
    "CVE-2026-3063",
    "CVE-2026-3536",
    "CVE-2026-3537",
    "CVE-2026-3538",
    "CVE-2026-3539",
    "CVE-2026-3540",
    "CVE-2026-3541",
    "CVE-2026-3542",
    "CVE-2026-3543",
    "CVE-2026-3544",
    "CVE-2026-3545"
  );
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2026-95fffce421");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 42 : cef (2026-95fffce421)");

  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 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
FEDORA-2026-95fffce421 advisory.

    Bump to cef-145.0.28+g51162e8 + chromium 145.0.7632.159 (rhbz#2437035)

    * CVE-2026-3536: Integer overflow in ANGLE
    * CVE-2026-3537: Object lifecycle issue in PowerVR
    * CVE-2026-3538: Integer overflow in Skia
    * CVE-2026-3539: Object lifecycle issue in DevTools
    * CVE-2026-3540: Inappropriate implementation in WebAudio
    * CVE-2026-3541: Inappropriate implementation in CSS
    * CVE-2026-3542: Inappropriate implementation in WebAssembly
    * CVE-2026-3543: Inappropriate implementation in V8
    * CVE-2026-3544: Heap buffer overflow in WebCodecs
    * CVE-2026-3545: Insufficient data validation in Navigation
    * CVE-2026-3061: Out of bounds read in Media
    * CVE-2026-3062: Out of bounds read and write in Tint
    * CVE-2026-3063: Inappropriate implementation in DevTools
    * CVE-2026-2648: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium
    * CVE-2026-2649: Integer overflow in V8
    * CVE-2026-2650: Heap buffer overflow in Media

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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-95fffce421");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected cef package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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-2026-3538");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss3_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-3062");

  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:"2026/02/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/03/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/03/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:42");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:cef");
  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:"^42([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Fedora 42', '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': '42',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'cef-145.0.28^chromium145.0.7632.159-1.fc42', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':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, 'cef');
}

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09 Mar 2026 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 3.19.6 - 9.8
EPSS0.00642
SSVC
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