Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Python vulnerabilities (USN-8509-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8509-1 advisory. It was discovered that Python incorrectly normalized paths in the tarfile module. An attacker could possibly use this issue to...

cpython: CPython: Logging Bypass in Legacy .pyc File Handling

A flaw was found in CPython. This vulnerability allows a local user with low privileges to bypass security auditing mechanisms. The issue occurs because the SourcelessFileLoader component, responsible for handling older Python compiled files .pyc, does not properly trigger system audit events. Th...

AZL-79491 CVE-2026-2297 affecting package tensorflow 2.16.1-11

The import hook in CPython that handles legacy .pyc files SourcelessFileLoader is incorrectly handled in FileLoader a base class and so does not use io.opencode to read the .pyc files. sys.audit handlers for this audit event therefore do not fire...