SUSE SLES12: libpython3_6m1_0 / libpython3_6m1_0-32bit / python36 / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:4743-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 367738

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:4743-1 advisory.

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2026-1703: files may be extracted outside the installation directory when installing and extracting maliciously crafted wheel archives (bsc#1274743).
- CVE-2026-3219: pip doesn't reject concatenated ZIP (bsc#1262429).
- CVE-2026-3446: Base64 decoding stops at first padded quad by default (bsc#1261970).
- CVE-2026-3479: python: improper resource argument validation can allow path traversal (bsc#1259989).
- CVE-2026-4224: C stack overflow when parsing XML with deeply nested DTD content models (bsc#1259735).
- 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-2026-13346: Arbitrary file installation via malicious package indexes (bsc#1273090 bsc#1273091 bsc#1273094).
- CVE-2026-15310: memory exhaustion in zipfile in bzip2/LZMA/Zstandard decompression (bsc#1277111).
- 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: tarfile extraction filter bypass allows creation of directories outside the destination (bsc#1276227).
- CVE-2026-82049: tarfile extraction filters mishandle archives containing a hard link to a symbolic link, allowing file modification and content disclosure (bsc#1280459).

Non security issue fixed:

- Update bundled setuptools wheels to setuptools-44.1.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (bsc#1277271)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 367738

File Name: suse_SU-2026-4743-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/20/2026

Updated: 10/20/2026

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: 5

Percentile: 93.84

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-13346

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: High

Base Score: 8.4

Threat Score: 5.8

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-82049

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_6m1_0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_6m1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python36-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python36-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python36

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: 10/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-13346, CVE-2026-15310, CVE-2026-15806, CVE-2026-1703, CVE-2026-17084, CVE-2026-18503, CVE-2026-19672, CVE-2026-3219, CVE-2026-3276, CVE-2026-3446, CVE-2026-3479, CVE-2026-4224, CVE-2026-6879, CVE-2026-7210, CVE-2026-82049, CVE-2026-9669

IAVA: 2026-A-0142-S, 2026-A-0360-S, 2026-A-0549-S, 2026-A-0890

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:4743-1

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