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openSUSE 16 Security Update : python-filelock (openSUSE-SU-2026:20144-1)

🗓️ 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Security update for python-filelock on openSUSE sixteen fixes TOCTOU race conditions (CVE-2025-68146, CVE-2026-22701).

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-SU-2026:20144-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(297782);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/02/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-68146", "CVE-2026-22701");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE 16 Security Update : python-filelock (openSUSE-SU-2026:20144-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote openSUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote openSUSE 16 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the
openSUSE-SU-2026:20144-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-68146: TOCTOU race condition may allow local attackers to corrupt or truncate arbitrary user
    files (bsc#1255244).
    - CVE-2026-22701: TOCTOU race condition in the SoftFileLock implementation (bsc#1256457).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255244");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256457");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68146");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-22701");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected python313-filelock package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-68146");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/12/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/01/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/02/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-filelock");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/SuSE/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'openSUSE');
var _os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^SUSE([\d.]+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(_os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'openSUSE');
_os_ver = _os_ver[1];
if (os_release !~ "^(SUSE16\.0)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, 'openSUSE', '16.0', os_release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'openSUSE ' + _os_ver, cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'python313-filelock-3.18.0-160000.3.1', 'release':'SUSE16.0', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (reference && _release) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'python313-filelock');
}

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04 Feb 2026 00:00Current
8High risk
Vulners AI Score8
CVSS 3.16.3 - 6.5
EPSS0.00201
SSVC
7