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openSUSE python-soupsieve Important Memory Exhaustion Dos 2026-3240-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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This advisory addresses important vulnerabilities in python-soupsieve for openSUSE, focusing on memory exhaustion and ReDoS.
SUSE released a security update for python-soupsieve addressing two vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-49476 and CVE-2026-49477, which can cause memory exhaustion and denial of service, res...

Description

This update for python-soupsieve fixes the following issues

* CVE-2026-49476: Memory Exhaustion via Large Comma-Separated Selector Lists

(bsc#1271187).

* CVE-2026-49477: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via Selector

Parser (bsc#1271188).

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Topics Covered

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-3240=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-3240=1

* Python 3 Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python3-15-SP7-2026-3240=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-3240=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* python311-soupsieve-2.5-150600.3.3.1

* Python 3 Module 15-SP7 (noarch)

* python311-soupsieve-2.5-150600.3.3.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (noarch)

* python311-soupsieve-2.5-150600.3.3.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (noarch)

* python311-soupsieve-2.5-150600.3.3.1

References

* bsc#1256316

* bsc#1271187

* bsc#1271188

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-49476.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-49477.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256316

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271187

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271188

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3240-1
Release Date: 2026-07-24T13:05:20Z

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