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Security update for python

Type: advisorySources: OSV

This update for python fixes the following issues: - 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)

Products: python, python-base, python-doc
Affected versions: Not specified
Fixed versions: 2.7.18-33.88.1
CVEs: CVE-2026-15806, CVE-2026-17084, CVE-2026-18503, CVE-2026-19672, CVE-2026-6879, CVE-2026-9669
Confirmed fixed CVEs: Not specified
Updated in this feed: 30 Oct 2026, 10:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Security update for python

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Oct 2026, 07:42 UTC

osv:SUSE-SU-2026:4633-1

python

Fixed versions: 2.7.18-33.88.1

python-base

Fixed versions: 2.7.18-33.88.1

python-doc

Fixed versions: 2.7.18-33.88.1

Complete source record

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