SUSE-SU-2026:24597-1

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    SUSE-SU-2026:24597-1

    Published: 29 Oct 2026Last Modified: 10 Nov 2026

    Summary: Security update for python-Brotli

    Details: This update for python-Brotli fixes the following issues: - CVE-2025-6176: denial of service (DoS) due to a flaw in its brotli decompression (bsc#1252945). - CVE-2026-111497: Brotli decoder out-of-bounds write permits remote code execution (bsc#1287779). Update to 1.2.1: - **decoder / encoder: added static initialization to reduce binary size** - python: allow limiting decoder output (see SECURITY section) - python: modernize extension / allow multi-phase module initialization - decoder / encoder: static tables use "small" model (allows 2GiB+ binaries)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202624597-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1252945, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1287779, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6176, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-111497

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-Brotli

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/python-Brotli&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.1-160000.1.1

    Affected versions

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