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openSUSE 16 Security Update : python-python-engineio (openSUSE-SU-2026:21182-1)

🗓️ 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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OpenSUSE 16 security update for python-python-engineio fixes DoS via heartbeat threads and memory allocation.

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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-SU-2026:21182-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(324887);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-48802", "CVE-2026-48809");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE 16 Security Update : python-python-engineio (openSUSE-SU-2026:21182-1)");

  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-2026:21182-1 advisory.

    Changes in python-python-engineio:

    - CVE-2026-48802: remote user can cause the creation of unnecessary
      background threads in the server through the heartbeat mechanism
      and cause a DoS (bsc#1269544)
    - CVE-2026-48809: size of incoming messages is not checked before
      they are loaded into memory and allows remote users to cause a DoS
      via excessive memory allocation (bsc#1269545)

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/1269544");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269545");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48802");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48809");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected python313-python-engineio package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-2026-48809");

  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:"2026/06/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/06/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/07/02");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-python-engineio");
  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-python-engineio-4.12.0-bp160.2.1', '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_HOLE,
      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-python-engineio');
}

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02 Jul 2026 00:00Current
6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.00318
SSVC
15