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<h1>Security update for python</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:4411-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-10-01T15:38:59Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267974">bsc#1267974</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273148">bsc#1273148</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274683">bsc#1274683</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276223">bsc#1276223</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276226">bsc#1276226</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276227">bsc#1276227</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276903">bsc#1276903</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
<td>
<ul>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15806.html">CVE-2026-15806</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17084.html">CVE-2026-17084</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18503.html">CVE-2026-18503</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19672.html">CVE-2026-19672</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6879.html">CVE-2026-6879</a>
</li>
<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9669.html">CVE-2026-9669</a>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-15806</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-15806</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-15806</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-17084</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-17084</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-17084</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-18503</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-18503</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">3.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-18503</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">2.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-19672</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-19672</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-19672</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-6879</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">6.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-6879</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">3.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-6879</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">2.0</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-9669</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">5.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-9669</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.7</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2026-9669</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">8.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
<td>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7</li>
<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7</li>
</ul>
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<p>An update that solves six vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for python fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2026-6879: quadratic behavior in <code>xml.etree.ElementPath</code> index predicates can lead to a denial of service via high
CPU usage (bsc#1273148).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-9669: crafted input can cause a stack buffer overflow (bsc#1267974).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-15806: urllib.request.HTTPPasswordMgr credentials for one URL scheme sent over another scheme (bsc#1276223).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-17084: StringPrep algorithm considered Unicode codepoint attributes outside Unicode 3.2.0 (bsc#1276226).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-18503: attacker-controlled CSV samples can trigger super-linear regular-expression work during dialect
sniffing and consume significant CPU (bsc#1274683).</li>
<li>CVE-2026-19672: The tarfile module's tar and data extraction filters created directories outside the destination for
members whose name leaves the destination and retu (bsc#1276227).</li>
</ul>
<p>Changes for python:</p>
<ul>
<li>Update bundled setuptools wheels to setuptools-40.6.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl (bsc#1276903)</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
</p>
<ul class="list-group">
<li class="list-group-item">
SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP7-2026-4411</code>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Package Hub 15 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>python-xml-debuginfo-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>python-gdbm-debuginfo-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>libpython2_7-1_0-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>python-debuginfo-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>python-xml-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>python-base-debugsource-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>libpython2_7-1_0-debuginfo-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>python-debugsource-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>python-curses-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>python-base-debuginfo-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>python-gdbm-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>python-curses-debuginfo-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>python-base-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
<li>python-2.7.18-150000.133.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15806.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15806.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17084.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17084.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18503.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18503.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19672.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19672.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6879.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6879.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9669.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9669.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267974">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267974</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273148">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273148</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274683">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1274683</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276223">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276223</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276226">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276226</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276227">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276227</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276903">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276903</a>
</li>
</ul>
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