Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-7210
* SECURITY UPDATE: insufficient entropy in pyexpat/_elementtree hash-flooding protection (CVE-2026-7210) - debian/patches/CVE-2026-7210.patch: bind XML_SetHashSalt16Bytes as a weak symbol to seed the parser with 16 bytes of entropy when hash randomization is enabled; falls back to the legacy XML_SetHashSalt when unavailable. - CVE-2026-7210
- Products
- idle-python2.7, libpython2.7, libpython2.7-dev, libpython2.7-minimal, libpython2.7-stdlib, libpython2.7-testsuite, python2.7, python2.7-dev, python2.7-doc, python2.7-examples, python2.7-minimal
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+tuxcare.els18
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-7210
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 11:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
* SECURITY UPDATE: insufficient entropy in pyexpat/_elementtree hash-flooding protection (CVE-2026-7210) - debian/patches/CVE-2026-7210.patch: bind XML_SetHashSalt16Bytes as a weak symbol to seed the parser with 16 bytes of entropy when hash randomization is enabled; falls back to the legacy XML_SetHashSalt when unavailable. - CVE-2026-7210
osv:CLSA-2026-1780675586
idle-python2.7
Fixed versions: 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+tuxcare.els18
libpython2.7
Fixed versions: 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+tuxcare.els18
libpython2.7-dev
Fixed versions: 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+tuxcare.els18
libpython2.7-minimal
Fixed versions: 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+tuxcare.els18
libpython2.7-stdlib
Fixed versions: 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+tuxcare.els18
libpython2.7-testsuite
Fixed versions: 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+tuxcare.els18
python2.7
Fixed versions: 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+tuxcare.els18
python2.7-dev
Fixed versions: 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+tuxcare.els18
python2.7-doc
Fixed versions: 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+tuxcare.els18
python2.7-examples
Fixed versions: 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+tuxcare.els18
python2.7-minimal
Fixed versions: 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+tuxcare.els18
Complete source record
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