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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : python313 (SUSE-SU-2026:1354-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 306689

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1354-1 advisory.

 - Update to v3.13.13
 - CVE-2025-13462: incorrect parsing of TarInfo header when GNU long name and type AREGTYPE are combined (bsc#1259611).
 - CVE-2026-2297: cpython: incorrectly handled hook in FileLoader can lead to validation bypass (bsc#1259240).
 - CVE-2026-3479: python: improper resource argument validation can allow path traversal (bsc#1259989).
 - CVE-2026-3644: incomplete control character validation in http.cookies (bsc#1259734).
 - CVE-2026-4224: C stack overflow when parsing XML with deeply nested DTD content models (bsc#1259735).
 - CVE-2026-4519: leading dashes in URLs are accepted by the `webbrowser.open()` API and allow for web browser command line option injection (bsc#1260026).

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257181

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259240

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259611

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259734

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259735

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259989

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260026

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-April/045562.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13462

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1299

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2297

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3479

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3644

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4224

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4519

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 306689

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1354-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/16/2026

Updated: 4/16/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-1299

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Threat Score: 3.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4519

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-dbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_13-1_0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-curses

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: 4/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-13462, CVE-2026-1299, CVE-2026-2297, CVE-2026-3479, CVE-2026-3644, CVE-2026-4224, CVE-2026-4519

IAVA: 2026-A-0142-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1354-1