[Announce] [Security Advisory] ALSA-2021:1761: An update for the python27:2.7 module is now available for AlmaLinux AlmaLinux Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. (Moderate)

Hi, You are receiving an AlmaLinux Security update email because you subscribed to receive errata notifications from AlmaLinux. AlmaLinux: 8 Type: Security Severity: Moderate Release date: 2026-10-25 Summary: Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language that supports modules, classes, exceptions, high-level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. The python27 packages provide a stable release of Python 2.7 with a number of additional utilities and database connectors for MySQL and PostgreSQL. Security Fix(es): * python: CRLF injection via HTTP request method in httplib/http.client (CVE-2020-26116) * python-urllib3: CRLF injection via HTTP request method (CVE-2020-26137) * python-lxml: mXSS due to the use of improper parser (CVE-2020-27783) * python: Stack-based buffer overflow in PyCArg_repr in _ctypes/callproc.c (CVE-2021-3177) 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. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Full details, updated packages, references, and other related information: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-1761.html This message is automatically generated, please don’t reply. For further questions, please, contact us via the AlmaLinux community chat: https://chat.almalinux.org/. Want to change your notification settings? Sign in and manage mailing lists on https://lists.almalinux.org. Kind regards, AlmaLinux Team