openSUSE 16: python313-Markdown / python313-PyGithub / python313-WebOb / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21063-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 324055

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE- SU-2026:21063-1 advisory.

Changes in python-Markdown:

- Fix tests with latest python version (bsc#1268243)

Changes in python-joblib:

- Update to 1.5.2:
* fixing the resource tracker for python 3.13.7+
* Skip tests failing with Python 3.13.7

Changes in python-handy-archives:

- Skip some zip64 tests that fails with latest python interpreter because there are more consistency checks in zipfile (bsc#1256310)

Changes in python-apache-libcloud:

- Fix tests compatibility with latest Python 3.13 (bsc#1258223, bsc#1261918)

Changes in python-WebOb:

- Security issues fixed:
* CVE-2026-44889: Fixed: Location header normalization during redirect leads to open redirect (bsc#1268324)
- Skip boken test with latest cpython interpreters (bsc#1258223)
- Skip test failing on Python 3.14

Changes in python-PyGithub:

- Fix: [SUSE:SLFO:Main] python-PyGithub fails to build on aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 (bsc#1263802)

Changes in python-soupsieve:

- Fix: [SUSE:SLFO:Main] python-soupsieve:test fails to build on aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 (bsc#1256316)

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 324055

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21063-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/1/2026

Updated: 7/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 9.52

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-44889

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-webob, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-apache-libcloud, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-soupsieve, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-handy-archives, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-pygithub, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-markdown, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-joblib

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: 6/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-44889

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