CVE-2026-0864 Affecting python-gdbm package, versions <2.7.18-150000.123.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-PYTHONGDBM-18914940
  • published18 Aug 2026
  • disclosed18 Aug 2026

Introduced: 18 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-0864  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 python-gdbm to version 2.7.18-150000.123.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

When using the "configparser" module to write configuration files containing multi-line text values with carriage return characters (\r) the resulting file could be injected with unexpected keys and values if the attacker controls the written value.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1