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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-filelock (SUSE-SU-2026:0220-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 296442

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0220-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-68146: TOCTOU race condition may allow local attackers to corrupt or truncate arbitrary user files (bsc#1255244).
 - CVE-2026-22701: TOCTOU race condition in the SoftFileLock implementation (bsc#1256457).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected python311-filelock package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255244

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256457

http://www.nessus.org/u?b2db68cb

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68146

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-22701

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 296442

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0220-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2026

Updated: 1/24/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-68146

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python311-filelock, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-68146, CVE-2026-22701

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0220-1