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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : python-sqlparse (SUSE-SU-2026:3762-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 341014

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-2026:3762-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-54284: TokenList.__init__ materializes O(subtree) value per group, causing CPU DoS before depth/token caps trigger (bsc#1275459).
 - CVE-2026-59893: Inefficient Regex Handling of Dollar-Quoted SQL Literals Leads to ReDoS (bsc#1275461).
 - CVE-2026-59894: Generated Python and PHP snippets allow SQL string breakout through unescaped backslashes (bsc#1275460).
 - CVE-2026-71491: quadratic O(n2) DoS in group_comments (bsc#1275466).

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 python2-sqlparse package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1275459

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1275460

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1275461

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1275466

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-August/049503.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-54284

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59893

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-59894

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71491

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 341014

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3762-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/27/2026

Updated: 8/27/2026

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.63

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-71491

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59893

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-sqlparse

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: 8/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-54284, CVE-2026-59893, CVE-2026-59894, CVE-2026-71491

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3762-1