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High ELSA-2026-11077 2 CVEs

Important: python3 security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Apr 28, 2026 · Updated Apr 28, 2026

Summary

[3.6.8-76.0.1]
- Add Oracle Linux distribution in platform.py [Orabug: 20812544]

[3.6.8.openela.0]
- Add openela to supported dists

[3.6.8-76]
- Security fixes for CVE-2026-4786, CVE-2026-6100
Resolves: RHEL-167890, RHEL-168128

Fixed packages 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 platform-python 0:3.6.8-76.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 platform-python-debug 0:3.6.8-76.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 platform-python-devel 0:3.6.8-76.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-idle 0:3.6.8-76.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-libs 0:3.6.8-76.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-test 0:3.6.8-76.0.1.el8_10
Oracle Linux · 8 python3-tkinter 0:3.6.8-76.0.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Critical 9.1

    Use-after-free in lzma.LZMADecompressor, bz2.BZ2Decompressor, and gzip.GzipFile after re-use under memory pressure

    Use-after-free (UAF) was possible in the `lzma.LZMADecompressor`, `bz2.BZ2Decompressor`, and `gzip.GzipFile` when a memory allocation fails with a `MemoryError` and the decompression instance is re-used. This scenario can be triggered if the process is under …

  • High 7.0

    Incomplete mitigation of CVE-2026-4519, %action expansion for command injection to webbrowser.open()

    Mitgation of CVE-2026-4519 was incomplete. If the URL contained "%action" the mitigation could be bypassed for certain browser types the "webbrowser.open()" API could have commands injected into the underlying shell. See CVE-2026-4519 for details.