SUSE Python310 Important Configuration Injection and DoS Fixes 2026-3530

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## This update for python310 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: * CVE-2026-0864: improper handling of line-ending characters can lead to configuration file injection when the `configparser` module is used (bsc#1269066). * CVE-2026-3276: quadratic complexity in `unicodedata.normalize()` can lead to DoS when processing specially crafted Unicode input (bsc#1267581). * CVE-2026-4360: in the `Tarfile.extract()` function, the filter parameter is not passed properly when extracting hardlinks (bsc#1269959). * CVE-2026-7210: `xml.parsers.expat` and `xml.etree.ElementTree` use insufficient entropy for Expat hash-flooding protection (bsc#1264962). * CVE-2026-7774: `tarfile.data_filter` path traversal bypass allows writing outside the extraction directory (bsc#1267821).

## This update for python310 fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: * CVE-2026-0864: improper handling of line-ending characters can lead to configuration file injection when the `configparser` module is used (bsc#1269066). * CVE-2026-3276: quadratic complexity in `unicodedata.normalize()` can lead to DoS when processing specially crafted Unicode input (bsc#1267581). * CVE-2026-4360: in the `Tarfile.extract()` function, the filter parameter is not passed properly when extracting hardlinks (bsc#1269959). * CVE-2026-7210: `xml.parsers.expat` and `xml.etree.ElementTree` use insufficient entropy for Expat hash-flooding protection (bsc#1264962). * CVE-2026-7774: `tarfile.data_filter` path traversal bypass allows writing outside the extraction directory (bsc#1267821).

* CVE-2026-0864 ( SUSE ): 8.2

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

* CVE-2026-0864 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2026-0864 ( NVD ): 4.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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-2026-11940 ( SUSE ): 8.2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3530-1 Release Date: 2026-08-07T14:30:12Z Rating: important

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