SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python3 (SUSE-SU-2026:1385-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 306868

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1385-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-13462: incorrect parsing of TarInfo header when GNU long name and type AREGTYPE are combined (bsc#1259611).
- CVE-2026-3479: 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 306868

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1385-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/17/2026

Updated: 4/17/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4519

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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: 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-tk, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_4m1_0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_4m1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3

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: 4/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2026

Reference Information

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

IAVA: 2026-A-0142-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1385-1

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