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RHEL 10 : python3.12 (RHSA-2026:98615)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 379071

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2026:98615 advisory.

 Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

 Security Fix(es):

 * python: python: Arbitrary file deletion via race condition during temporary directory cleanup (CVE-2026-12345)

 Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

 * [RHEL-10.3.z] Python 3.12.15: Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-19553 (JIRA:RHEL-289575)

 For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:98615

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543492

http://www.nessus.org/u?43ed222a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 379071

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-98615.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2026

Updated: 11/11/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

Percentile: 98.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-12345

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Threat Score: 5.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-unversioned-command, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-idle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-12345

CWE: 59

RHSA: 2026:98615