RHEL 9 : python3.12 (RHSA-2025:23323)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 279126

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python3.12.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:23323 advisory.

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

Security Fix(es):

* cpython: python: Python zipfile End of Central Directory (EOCD) Locator record offset not checked (CVE-2025-8291)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL python3.12 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:23323.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 279126

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-23323.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/18/2025

Updated: 12/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8291

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-idle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-tkinter

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8291

CWE: 130

RHSA: 2025:23323

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