CVE-2026-4360 Affecting python311-idle package, versions <3.11.15-150600.3.62.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-PYTHON311IDLE-18673481
  • published12 Aug 2026
  • disclosed10 Aug 2026

Introduced: 10 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-4360  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 python311-idle to version 3.11.15-150600.3.62.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python311-idle package and not the python311-idle package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Tarfile.extract() function, the filter parameter is not passed properly when extracting hardlinks. An affected system that extracts content from untrusted tar files could end up writing files with an unexpected uid/gid despite the user passing filter='data' to the extract() function.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1