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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : python-urllib3 (SUSE-SU-2026:4704-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 366748

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4704-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-97687: traffic interception due to possible HTTPS proxy TLS configuration override (bsc#1283908).
 - CVE-2026-97688: denial of service due to infinite loop during chunked Deflate decoding (bsc#1283909).
 - CVE-2026-97689: denial of service due to unbounded memory allocation in chunk parser (bsc#1283910).

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 python311-urllib3 package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1283908

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1283909

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1283910

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97687

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97688

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-97689

http://www.nessus.org/u?d27e1218

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 366748

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4704-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2026

Updated: 10/17/2026

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.49

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-97687

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.9

Threat Score: 6.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-97689

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python311-urllib3

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: 10/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-97687, CVE-2026-97688, CVE-2026-97689

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4704-1