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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7886-2
November 26, 2025

python3.13 vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 25.04

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Python.

Software Description:
- python3.13: An interactive high-level object-oriented language

Details:

USN-7886-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the
corresponding updates for python3.13 in Ubuntu 25.04 and Ubuntu 25.10.

Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that Python inefficiently handled expanding system
 environment variables. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
 Python to consume excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.
 (CVE-2025-6075)

 Caleb Brown discovered that Python incorrectly handled the ZIP64 End of
 Central Directory (EOCD) Locator record offset value. An attacker could
 possibly use this issue to obfuscate malicious content. (CVE-2025-8291)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.10
  libpython3.13                   3.13.7-1ubuntu0.1
  python3.13                      3.13.7-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 25.04
  libpython3.13                   3.13.3-1ubuntu0.4
  python3.13                      3.13.3-1ubuntu0.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7886-2
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7886-1
  CVE-2025-6075, CVE-2025-8291

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3.13/3.13.7-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3.13/3.13.3-1ubuntu0.4

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