openSUSE 16: libpython3_13-1_0 / libpython3_13-1_0-x86-64-v3 / libpython3_13t1_0 / etc (openSUSE-SU-2026:21595-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 338682

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21595-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-15366: user-controlled command can allow additional commands injected using newlines (bsc#1257044).
- CVE-2025-15367: control characters may allow the injection of additional commands (bsc#1257041).
- CVE-2026-0864: improper handling of line-ending characters can lead to configuration file injection when the `configparser` module is used (bsc#1269066).
- CVE-2026-4360: in the Tarfile.extract() function, the filter parameter is not passed properly when extracting hardlinks (bsc#1269959).
- CVE-2026-8328: `ftpcp()` does not use actual peer address and trusts server-supplied PASV host address (bsc#1265268).
- CVE-2026-11940: tarfile extraction filter bypass via a crafted archive allows escaping the destination directory and enables arbitrary file reads and writes (bsc#1268977).
- CVE-2026-11972: infinite loop due to improper EOF handling in the tarfile module streaming mode can lead to DoS (bsc#1269788).
- CVE-2026-15308: Incremental HTMLParser allows CPU-exhaustion DoS via repeated unterminated markup declarations (bsc#1271192).

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257041

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257044

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265268

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1268977

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269066

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269788

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269959

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1271192

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15366

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15367

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0864

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11940

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11972

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15308

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4360

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8328

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 338682

File Name: openSUSE-2026-21595-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/21/2026

Updated: 8/21/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.59

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4360

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0864

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15308

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython3_13-1_0-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython3_13-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython3_13t1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-base-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-dbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-nogil-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-nogil-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-nogil-dbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-nogil-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-nogil-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-nogil-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-nogil-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-nogil-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-nogil, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-x86-64-v3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313

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: 8/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-15366, CVE-2025-15367, CVE-2026-0864, CVE-2026-11940, CVE-2026-11972, CVE-2026-15308, CVE-2026-4360, CVE-2026-8328

IAVA: 2026-A-0142-S, 2026-A-0549-S