SUSE-SU-2026:4744-1

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Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20264744-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:4744-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2026:4744-1
Upstream
CVE (11)
Related
CVE (11)
Published
2026-10-19T15:01:31Z
Modified
2026-10-20T10:45:04Z
Summary
Security update for python3, python3-base, python3-doc
Details

This update for python3, python3-base, python3-doc fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

  • CVE-2026-6879: quadratic behavior in xml.etree.ElementPath index predicates can lead to a denial of service via high CPU usage (bsc#1273148).
  • CVE-2026-9669: crafted input can cause a stack buffer overflow (bsc#1267974).
  • CVE-2026-15310: memory exhaustion in zipfile in bzip2/LZMA/Zstandard decompression (bsc#1277111).
  • CVE-2026-15806: urllib.request.HTTPPasswordMgr credentials for one URL scheme sent over another scheme (bsc#1276223).
  • CVE-2026-17084: StringPrep algorithm considered Unicode codepoint attributes outside Unicode 3.2.0 (bsc#1276226).
  • CVE-2026-18503: attacker-controlled CSV samples can trigger super-linear regular-expression work during dialect sniffing and consume significant CPU (bsc#1274683).
  • CVE-2026-19672: tarfile extraction filter bypass allows creation of directories outside the destination (bsc#1276227).
  • CVE-2026-82049: tarfile extraction filters mishandle archives containing a hard link to a symbolic link, allowing file modification and content disclosure (bsc#1280459).

Changes for python3:

  • Update bundled setuptools wheels to setuptools-40.6.2 (bsc#1276903).
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/python3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.10-25.199.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "libpython3_4m1_0":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "libpython3_4m1_0-32bit":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-base":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-curses":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-devel":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-tk":  "3.4.10-25.199.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:4744-1.json"
python3-base

Package

Name
python3-base
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/python3-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5-LTSS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.10-25.199.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "libpython3_4m1_0":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "libpython3_4m1_0-32bit":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-base":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-curses":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-devel":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-tk":  "3.4.10-25.199.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:4744-1.json"
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/python3&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.10-25.199.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "libpython3_4m1_0":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "libpython3_4m1_0-32bit":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-base":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-curses":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-devel":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-tk":  "3.4.10-25.199.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:4744-1.json"
python3-base

Package

Name
python3-base
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/python3-base&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.10-25.199.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "libpython3_4m1_0":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "libpython3_4m1_0-32bit":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-base":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-curses":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-devel":  "3.4.10-25.199.1",
            "python3-tk":  "3.4.10-25.199.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2026:4744-1.json"