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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : python-Django (SUSE-SU-2026:2318-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 321061

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2318-1 advisory.

 This update for python-Django fixes the following issues

 - CVE-2026-6873: signed cookie salt namespace collision in `django.http.HttpRequest.get_signed_cookie` (bsc#1267578).
 - CVE-2026-7666: potential unencrypted email transmission via `STARTTLS` in the SMTP backend (bsc#1267579).
 - CVE-2026-8404: potential exposure of private data via case-sensitive `Cache-Control` directives in `UpdateCacheMiddleware` (bsc#1267580).
 - CVE-2026-35193: potential exposure of private data via missing `Vary: Authorization` in `UpdateCacheMiddleware` (bsc#1267576).
 - CVE-2026-48587: potential exposure of private data via whitespace padding in `Vary` header (bsc#1267577).

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 python311-Django package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1267576

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1267577

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1267578

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1267579

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1267580

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-June/047219.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-35193

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48587

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6873

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-7666

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8404

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 321061

File Name: suse_SU-2026-2318-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/14/2026

Updated: 6/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8404

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.3

Threat Score: 0.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python311-django, 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: 6/9/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35193, CVE-2026-48587, CVE-2026-6873, CVE-2026-7666, CVE-2026-8404

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:2318-1