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ALSA-2026:56219 Not scored

Important: python3 security update

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: cpython: CPython: tarfile extraction filter bypass allows escaping the destination directory (CVE-2026-11940) 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.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published August 18, 2026
Required by Not available
Last source change August 19, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 platform-python
AlmaLinux:8 platform-python-debug
AlmaLinux:8 platform-python-devel
AlmaLinux:8 python3-idle
AlmaLinux:8 python3-libs
AlmaLinux:8 python3-test
AlmaLinux:8 python3-tkinter

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities ALSA-2026:56219

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: cpython: CPython: tarfile extraction filter bypass allows escaping the destination directory (CVE-2026-11940) 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.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence