SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python (SUSE-SU-2026:0590-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 299710

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0590-1 advisory.

- CVE-2026-0672: Fixed a HTTP header injection via user-controlled cookie values and parameters when using http.cookies.Morsel. (bsc#1257031)
- CVE-2026-0865: Fixed a bug where a user-controlled header containing newlines can allow injecting HTTP headers. (bsc#1257042)
- CVE-2025-15366: Fixed a bug wherer a user-controlled command can allow additional commands injected using newlines. (bsc#1257044)
- CVE-2025-15367: Fixed control characters which may allow the injection of additional commands.
(bsc#1257041)

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 299710

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0590-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/21/2026

Updated: 2/21/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-15367

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0672

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Threat Score: 2.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0672

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-xml

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: 2/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-15366, CVE-2025-15367, CVE-2026-0672, CVE-2026-0865

IAVA: 2026-A-0142

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0590-1

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