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SUSE SLES15: libpython2_7-1_0 / python / python-base / python-curses / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:4411-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 362580

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4411-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-6879: quadratic behavior in `xml.etree.ElementPath` index predicates can lead to a denial of service via high CPU usage (bsc#1273148).
 - CVE-2026-9669: crafted input can cause a stack buffer overflow (bsc#1267974).
 - CVE-2026-15806: urllib.request.HTTPPasswordMgr credentials for one URL scheme sent over another scheme (bsc#1276223).
 - CVE-2026-17084: StringPrep algorithm considered Unicode codepoint attributes outside Unicode 3.2.0 (bsc#1276226).
 - CVE-2026-18503: attacker-controlled CSV samples can trigger super-linear regular-expression work during dialect sniffing and consume significant CPU (bsc#1274683).
 - CVE-2026-19672: The tarfile module's tar and data extraction filters created directories outside the destination for members whose name leaves the destination and retu (bsc#1276227).

 Changes for python:

 - Update bundled setuptools wheels to setuptools-40.6.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl (bsc#1276903)

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/1267974

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1273148

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1274683

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1276223

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1276226

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1276227

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1276903

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15806

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17084

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-18503

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-19672

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6879

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9669

http://www.nessus.org/u?da7a7dec

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 362580

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4411-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.45

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15806

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 4.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-9669

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-xml, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python

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: 10/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15806, CVE-2026-17084, CVE-2026-18503, CVE-2026-19672, CVE-2026-6879, CVE-2026-9669

IAVA: 2026-A-0549-S, 2026-A-0890

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4411-1