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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python-pip (SUSE-SU-2026:0420-1)
low Nessus Plugin ID 298602
Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:0420-1 advisory.- CVE-2026-1703: Fixed a potential path traversal in python-pip. (bsc#1257599)
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 python-pip and / or python3-pip packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257599
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 298602
File Name: suse_SU-2026-0420-1.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 2/11/2026
Updated: 2/11/2026
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: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Temporal Score: 1.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1703
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.1
Temporal Score: 2.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2
Threat Score: 0.4
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-pip, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-pip
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: 2/10/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-1703
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0420-1