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SUSE: Critical Security Update for Python3 ID 2026:0210-1 Released

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Calendar Grey January 22, 2026
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Important security update for Python3 on SUSE addressing six issues and improving system safety.
An update that solves six vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for python3 fixes the following issues: Security fixes: * CVE-2025-4517: Fixed arbitrary filesystem writes outside the extraction directory during extraction with filter="data" (bsc#1244032) * CVE-2025-4330: Fixed extraction filter bypass for linking outside extraction directory (bsc#1244060) * CVE-2007-4559: Fixed python tarfile module directory traversal (bsc#1203750) * CVE-2024-12718: Fixed bypass extraction filter to modify file metadata outside extraction directory (bsc#1244056) * CVE-2025-4138: Fixed symlinking targets to not point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata (bsc#1244059) * CVE-2025-4435: Fixed tarfile extracting filtered members when errorlevel=0 (bsc#1244061) Other fixes:

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References

* bsc#1203750

* bsc#1244032

* bsc#1244056

* bsc#1244059

* bsc#1244060

* bsc#1244061

* bsc#1251841

Cross-

* CVE-2007-4559

* CVE-2024-12718

* CVE-2025-4138

* CVE-2025-4330

* CVE-2025-4435

* CVE-2025-4517

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2007-4559 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2007-4559 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2024-12718 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

* CVE-2024-12718 ( NVD ): 10.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

* CVE-2024-12718 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0210-1
Release Date: 2026-01-22T09:07:45Z
Rating: important

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