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High ALSA-2025:15608 1 CVE

Important: python3.12-cryptography security update

Published Sep 10, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

Security Fix(es):

* python-cryptography: NULL pointer dereference with pkcs12.serialize_key_and_certificates when called with a non-matching certificate and private key and an hmac_hash override (CVE-2024-26130)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 python3.12-cryptography 41.0.7-2.el9_6.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5

    cryptography NULL pointer deference with pkcs12.serialize_key_and_certificates when called with a non-matching certificate and private key and an hmac_hash override

    cryptography is a package designed to expose cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers. Starting in version 38.0.0 and prior to version 42.0.4, if `pkcs12.serialize_key_and_certificates` is called with both a certificate whose public key did n…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26130
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2269617
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-15608.html