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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : python-pip (SUSE-SU-2026:3589-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 335074

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:3589-1 advisory.

 This update for python-pip fixes the following issue:

 - CVE-2026-13346: incorrect handling of doubly-encoded package URLs from malicious indexes allows files to be installed to arbitrary locations on disk (bsc#1273090).

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 python311-pip package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1273090

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13346

http://www.nessus.org/u?c626b2b4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 335074

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3589-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/13/2026

Updated: 8/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 96.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:M/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-13346

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Threat Score: 1.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python311-pip

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: 8/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-13346

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3589-1