Security update for python-ecdsa

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

Description:

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
  • Python 3 Module 15-SP7 (noarch)
    • python311-ecdsa-0.18.0-150400.12.6.1

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