Out-of-bounds Read Affecting python312-tools package, versions <3.12.14-150600.3.68.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-PYTHON312TOOLS-20556725
  • published7 Oct 2026
  • disclosed6 Oct 2026

Introduced: 6 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-72522  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 python312-tools to version 3.12.14-150600.3.68.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python312-tools package and not the python312-tools package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

libexpat before 2.8.3 has an out-of-bounds read and resultant infinite loop because low surrogates are treated the same as high surrogates during Unicode processing in the *_toUtf16 functions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1