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SUSE python-urllib3 Moderate Resource Exhaustion Issues 2026-0367-2

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2026
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An important SUSE security advisory addressing resource exhaustion in python-urllib3 with available patches for installation.
SUSE released a security update for python-urllib3 addressing two vulnerabilities related to resource exhaustion, affecting multiple versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise products.

Summary

## This update for python-urllib3 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-66471: excessive resource consumption via decompression of highly compressed data in Streaming API (bsc#1254867). * CVE-2025-66418: resource exhaustion via unbounded number of links in the decompression chain (bsc#1254866). ## 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 High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-367=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-367=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS

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Topics Covered

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References

* bsc#1254866

* bsc#1254867

Cross-

* CVE-2025-66418

* CVE-2025-66471

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-66418 ( SUSE ): 6.9

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

* CVE-2025-66418 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-66418 ( NVD ): 8.9

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/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-2025-66418 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-66471 ( 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-2025-66471 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-66471 ( NVD ): 8.9

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0367-2
Release Date: 2026-07-23T13:46:58Z
Rating: moderate

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