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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python-PyJWT (SUSE-SU-2026:5093-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 376954

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-2026:5093-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2026-102268: an attacker who knows the public key can forge authenticated HMAC tokens (bsc#1283065).
 - CVE-2026-102270: an attacker can cause intensive CPU consumption (bsc#1283067).

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 python-PyJWT and / or python3-PyJWT packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1283065

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1283067

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102268

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102270

http://www.nessus.org/u?19c06b6e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 376954

File Name: suse_SU-2026-5093-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2026

Updated: 11/6/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

Percentile: 96.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-102270

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-pyjwt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-pyjwt

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-102268, CVE-2026-102270

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:5093-1