Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 640
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 640

openSUSE 15.4 Python ECDSA Moderate Exception Issue SUSE-2026-1436-1

suse
Calendar Grey April 17, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for python-ecdsa addresses moderate issue with low-level DER parsing on SUSE systems. Install patch now.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for python-ecdsa fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-33936: issue in the low-level DER parsing functions can cause unexpected exceptions to be raised from the public API functions (bsc#1261009). ## 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: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1436=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-1436=1 * Python 3 Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Python3-15-SP7-2026-1436=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 (noarch) * python311-ecdsa-0.18.0-150400.12.6.1 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch) * python311-ecdsa-0.18.0-150400.12.6.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate OpenSUSE python-ecdsa cve-2026-33936 unexpected exception

References

* bsc#1261009

Cross-

* CVE-2026-33936

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-33936 ( SUSE ): 6.3

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

* CVE-2026-33936 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2026-33936 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

* Python 3 Module 15-SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-33936.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261009

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1436-1
Release Date: 2026-04-17T12:51:37Z
Rating: moderate

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate OpenSUSE python-ecdsa cve-2026-33936 unexpected exception

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here