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openSUSE Leap 15.5 libxml2 Security Notice openSUSE-SU-2026:30016-2

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Calendar Grey January 25, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update for openSUSE Leap fixes a moderate risk in python-urllib3 due to excessive resource use during HTTP redirects.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for python-urllib3 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2026-21441: Fixed excessive resource consumption during decompression of data in HTTP redirect responses (bsc#1256331).

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-177=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update resource consumption OpenSUSE python-urllib3

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

python313-urllib3-2.5.0-160000.3.1

References

* bsc#1256331

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-21441.html

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20088-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update resource consumption OpenSUSE python-urllib3

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