CVE-2026-6019
It was discovered that Python incorrectly normalized paths in the tarfile module. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass path restrictions. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-13462) It was discovered that Python's HTMLParser incorrectly handled certain malformed HTML input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Python to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2025-69534) It was discovered that Python's email module incorrectly quoted newlines in headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary email headers. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-1299) It was discovered that Python's http.client module did not properly sanitize carriage return and linefeed characters when handling HTTP CONNECT tunnel request headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary HTTP headers. (CVE-2026-1502) It was discovered that Python's importlib module did not generate an audit event when loading legacy .pyc files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass auditing mechanisms. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-2297) It was discovered that Python's unicodedata.normalize() function had incorrect algorithmic complexity. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Python to consume excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-3276) It was discovered that Python's http.cookies module incorrectly handled control characters in certain cookie operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary content. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-3644) It was discovered that the Python pyexpat module was vulnerable to unbounded recursion in the Expat XML parser. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Python to crash, resulting in a denial of serv
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities could lead to path bypass, denial of service, or arbitrary header injection.
- Who is affected
- Users of Python on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to the potential for various severe impacts.
- Action
- Update Python to the latest version.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.23% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 14% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- unknownUSN-8509-1: Python vulnerabilitiesubuntu · 2026-07-06
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