CVE-2025-12084 Affecting python3-base package, versions <3.6.15-150300.10.103.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-PYTHON3BASE-14872447
  • published6 Jan 2026
  • disclosed5 Jan 2026

Introduced: 5 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-12084  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 python3-base to version 3.6.15-150300.10.103.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-base package and not the python3-base package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

When building nested elements using xml.dom.minidom methods such as appendChild() that have a dependency on _clear_id_cache() the algorithm is quadratic. Availability can be impacted when building excessively nested documents.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1