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Python 3 Security Update for Red Hat Systems

published 1 year ago

Summary

A security update is available for Python 3 on Red Hat systems. This update fixes a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, potentially leading to unauthorized access or data tampering. Affected systems should be updated as soon as possible to ensure the latest security patches are applied.

What to do

Update redhat platform-python to version 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11.
Update redhat platform-python-debug to version 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11.
Update redhat platform-python-devel to version 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11.
Update redhat python3-debuginfo to version 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11.
Update redhat python3-debugsource to version 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11.
Update redhat python3-idle to version 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11.
Update redhat python3-test to version 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11.
Update redhat python3-tkinter to version 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11.
Update redhat python3 to version 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11.
Update redhat python3-libs to version 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11.

Affected software

Ecosystem	Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream	redhat	platform-python	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream	redhat	platform-python-debug	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream	redhat	platform-python-devel	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream	redhat	python3-debuginfo	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream	redhat	python3-debugsource	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream	redhat	python3-idle	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream	redhat	python3-test	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream	redhat	python3-tkinter	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream	redhat	platform-python	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream	redhat	platform-python-debug	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream	redhat	platform-python-devel	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream	redhat	python3-debuginfo	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream	redhat	python3-debugsource	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream	redhat	python3-idle	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream	redhat	python3-test	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::appstream	redhat	python3-tkinter	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos	redhat	platform-python	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos	redhat	python3	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos	redhat	python3-debuginfo	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos	redhat	python3-debugsource	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos	redhat	python3-libs	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos	redhat	python3-test	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos	redhat	platform-python	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos	redhat	python3	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos	redhat	python3-debuginfo	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos	redhat	python3-debugsource	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos	redhat	python3-libs	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11
Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos	redhat	python3-test	< 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11 Fix: upgrade to 0:3.6.8-51.el8_8.11

Original advisory text

Red Hat Security Advisory: python3 security update

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16153 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2384043 Third Party Advisory
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_16153.... Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8194 Third Party Advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8194 Vendor Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8194 Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/130577 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/137027 Third Party Advisory
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/ZULLF3... Third Party Advisory

Fix within

Internet-facing 14 days

Internal 60 days

Not known to be exploited
Can be exploited automatically (estimated)
Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)

Severity

7.5 High

Timeline

Published18 Sep 2025

Updated28 Jul 2026

First seen28 Jul 2026

Sources

RHSA-2025:16153 · OSV

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