RHSA-2026:99691 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for python3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

Security Fix(es):

• python: python: Arbitrary file write via tarfile extraction filter bypass (CVE-2026-114583)
• python: python: Misinterpretation of HTTP responses via invalid chunk parsing (CVE-2026-103995)
• python: python: Security bypass via null byte truncation in socket.getaddrinfo() (CVE-2026-116566)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 2559388 - CVE-2026-114583 python: python: Arbitrary file write via tarfile extraction filter bypass
• BZ - 2563615 - CVE-2026-116566 python: python: Security bypass via null byte truncation in socket.getaddrinfo()

CVEs

• CVE-2026-103995
• CVE-2026-114583
• CVE-2026-116566

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate