openSUSE Python-urllib3 Important DoS Issues Advisory 2026-4650

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This update for python-urllib3 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2026-97688: denial of service due to infinite loop during chunked

Deflate decoding (bsc#1283909).

* CVE-2026-97689: denial of service due to unbounded memory allocation in

chunk parser (bsc#1283910).

## 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:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-4650

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-4650

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-4650

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-4650

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-4650

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-4650

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-4650

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

zypper in -t patch...

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)

* python3-urllib3-1.25.10-150300.4.33.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 (noarch)

* python3-urllib3-1.25.10-150300.4.33.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (noarch)

* python3-urllib3-1.25.10-150300.4.33.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (noarch)

* python3-urllib3-1.25.10-150300.4.33.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (noarch)

* python3-urllib3-1.25.10-150300.4.33.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (noarch)

* python3-urllib3-1.25.10-150300.4.33.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (noarch)

* python3-urllib3-1.25.10-150300.4.33.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (noarch)

* python3-urllib3-1.25.10-150300.4.33.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (noarch)

* python3-urllib3-1.25.10-150300.4.33.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (noarch)

* python3-urllib3-1.25.10-150300.4.33.1

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