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SUSE Python-Cryptography Important Issue Resolution 2026-3040-1

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Calendar Grey July 15, 2026
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A critical update for python-cryptography resolves eight important security issues, enhancing system protection against vulnerabilities.
SUSE released a security update for python-cryptography addressing eight vulnerabilities, improving security for various SUSE Linux products by fixing critical issues in OpenSSL fu...

Summary

## This update for python-cryptography fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-41676: openssl: `Deriver:derive` and `PkeyCtxRef:derive` can overflow short buffers on OpenSSL 1.1.1 (bsc#1270208). * CVE-2026-41677: openssl: out-of-bounds read in PEM password callback when returning an oversized length (bsc#1270620). * CVE-2026-41678: openssl: out-of-bounds write due to incorrect bounds assertion in `aes::unwrap_key()` (bsc#1270706). * CVE-2026-41681: openssl: `MdCtxRef::digest_final()` writes past caller buffer with no length check (bsc#1270772). * CVE-2026-41898: openssl: unchecked callback-returned length in PSK and cookie generate trampolines can leak adjacent memory to the network (bsc#1270801). * CVE-2026-42327: openssl: undefined behavior in `X509Ref::ocsp_responders`

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security advisory SuSE issue OpenSSL important python-cryptography

References

* bsc#1270208

* bsc#1270515

* bsc#1270620

* bsc#1270706

* bsc#1270772

* bsc#1270801

* bsc#1270936

* bsc#1270994

Cross-

* CVE-2026-41676

* CVE-2026-41677

* CVE-2026-41678

* CVE-2026-41681

* CVE-2026-41898

* CVE-2026-42327

* CVE-2026-44662

* CVE-2026-45784

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-41676 ( SUSE ): 8.3

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

* CVE-2026-41676 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

* CVE-2026-41676 ( NVD ): 7.2

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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-2026-41676 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-41677 ( SUSE ): 1.7

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3040-1
Release Date: 2026-07-15T11:48:45Z
Rating: important

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