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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : python-filelock (SUSE-SU-2026:0335-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 297421

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0335-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-22701: Fixed TOCTOU race condition in SoftFileLock implementation of he filelock package (bsc#1256457)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 affected python3-filelock package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256457

http://www.nessus.org/u?c70535df

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 297421

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0335-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/31/2026

Updated: 1/31/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.5

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-22701

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-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: 1/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-22701

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0335-1