Fedora alert FEDORA-2026-3111ffa11a (nano)

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[SECURITY] Fedora 44 Update: nano-8.7.1-2.fc44
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Sun, 03 May 2026 00:49:17 +0000
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2026-3111ffa11a
2026-05-03 00:48:41.051402+00:00
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Name        : nano
Product     : Fedora 44
Version     : 8.7.1
Release     : 2.fc44
URL         : https://www.nano-editor.org
Summary     : A small text editor
Description :
GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor.

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Update Information:

fix CVE-2026-6842 and CVE-29026-6843
Resolves: CVE-2026-6842
Resolves: CVE-2026-6843
Resolves: rhbz#2455127
Resolves: rhbz#2455314
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Apr 30 2026 Lukáš Zaoral <lzaoral@redhat.com> - 8.7.1-2
- fix CVE-2026-6842 and CVE-29026-6843
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #2455127 - [Security] Format String Vulnerability in nano's statusline() via
errormessage Buffer
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455127
  [ 2 ] Bug #2460502 - CVE-2026-6842 nano: nano: Local attacker can inject malicious .desktop
launcher due to insecure directory permissions [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460502
  [ 3 ] Bug #2460503 - CVE-2026-6843 nano: nano: Format string vulnerability leads to Denial of
Service [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460503
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-3111ffa11a' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgr...

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