Security update for python3

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2026:0210-1
Release Date:	2026-01-22T09:07:45Z
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1203750 bsc#1244032 bsc#1244056 bsc#1244059 bsc#1244060 bsc#1244061 bsc#1251841
Cross-References:	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 CVE-2025-4138 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N CVE-2025-4138 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVE-2025-4330 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N CVE-2025-4330 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVE-2025-4435 ( SUSE ): 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N CVE-2025-4435 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVE-2025-4517 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVE-2025-4517 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVE-2025-4517 ( NVD ): 9.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves six vulnerabilities and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

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:

• Fixed two shebangs with /usr/local/bin/python

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 Server 12 SP5 LTSS
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-210=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-210=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • python3-devel-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-base-debugsource-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-curses-debuginfo-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-base-debuginfo-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • libpython3_4m1_0-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • libpython3_4m1_0-debuginfo-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-curses-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-debuginfo-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-debugsource-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-tk-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-tk-debuginfo-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-base-3.4.10-25.169.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • python3-devel-debuginfo-3.4.10-25.169.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (s390x x86_64)
  • libpython3_4m1_0-32bit-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-base-debuginfo-32bit-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • libpython3_4m1_0-debuginfo-32bit-3.4.10-25.169.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64)
  • python3-devel-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-devel-debuginfo-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-base-debugsource-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-base-debuginfo-32bit-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-curses-debuginfo-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-base-debuginfo-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • libpython3_4m1_0-32bit-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • libpython3_4m1_0-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • libpython3_4m1_0-debuginfo-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-curses-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-debuginfo-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-debugsource-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-tk-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-tk-debuginfo-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • python3-base-3.4.10-25.169.1
  • libpython3_4m1_0-debuginfo-32bit-3.4.10-25.169.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4559.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12718.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4138.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4330.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4435.html
• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4517.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203750
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244032
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244056
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244059
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244060
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244061
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251841