SUSE SLES16: python-WebOb-doc / python313-Markdown / python313-PyGithub / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:22370-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 324864

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:22370-1 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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256310

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256316

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258223

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1261918

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1263802

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1268243

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1268324

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-July/047769.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44889

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 324864

File Name: suse_SU-2026-22370-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/2/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-apache-libcloud, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-webob, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-soupsieve, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-webob-doc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-handy-archives, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-pygithub, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python313-markdown

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

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:22370-1