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Fedora 44 : perl-CryptX (2026-f533fcc0b6)

🗓️ 02 May 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Fedora 44 perl-CryptX vulnerable per FEDORA-2026-f533fcc0b6; patch fixes CVE-2026-41564.

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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-f533fcc0b6
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(311731);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/05/02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-41564");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2026-f533fcc0b6");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 44 : perl-CryptX (2026-f533fcc0b6)");

  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 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
FEDORA-2026-f533fcc0b6 advisory.

    0.088   2026-04-23
            - Crypt::KeyDerivation - new functions: pbkdf1_openssl, bcrypt_pbkdf, scrypt_pbkdf, argon2_pbkdf
            - Crypt::Misc - new functions: random_v7uuid, is_uuid
            - bundled libtomcrypt update branch:develop (commit: 2e441a17 2026-04-15)
            - bundled libtommath update branch:develop (commit: ae40a87 2026-04-20)
            - security fix CVE-2026-41564 https://github.com/DCIT/perl-
    CryptX/security/advisories/GHSA-24c2-gp6c-24c6

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-f533fcc0b6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected perl-CryptX package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  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:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-41564");

  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:"2026/04/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/04/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/05/02");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:perl-CryptX");
  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:"^44([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Fedora 44', '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': '44',
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'perl-CryptX-0.088-2.fc44', '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_WARNING,
      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, 'perl-CryptX');
}

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02 May 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00447
SSVC
5