Upstream information

CVE-2026-4539 at MITRE

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in pygments up to 2.19.2. The impacted element is the function AdlLexer of the file pygments/lexers/archetype.py. The manipulation results in inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulDB)
Base Score 1.7
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulDB) SUSE
Base Score 3.3 3.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact Low Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulDB)
Base Score 1.9
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1260796 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 python-Pygments Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 python-Pygments Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP4 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP5 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 python-Pygments Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 python-Pygments Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 python-Pygments Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 python-Pygments Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 python-Pygments Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 python-Pygments Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sun Mar 22 08:00:06 2026
CVE page last modified: Thu Mar 26 17:51:04 2026