# ELSA-2025-23342: Security update for 8 packages

ELSA-2025-23342, released December 18, 2025, fixes 4 CVEs across 8 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2025-23342
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Dec 18, 2025
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2024-5642, high severity)
- CVEs: 4, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-23342.html

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [python-unversioned-command](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python-unversioned-command.md) | ol 9 | 0:3.9.25-2.0.1.el9_7 |
| [python3](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3.md) | ol 9 | 0:3.9.25-2.0.1.el9_7 |
| [python3-debug](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-debug.md) | ol 9 | 0:3.9.25-2.0.1.el9_7 |
| [python3-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-devel.md) | ol 9 | 0:3.9.25-2.0.1.el9_7 |
| [python3-idle](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-idle.md) | ol 9 | 0:3.9.25-2.0.1.el9_7 |
| [python3-libs](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-libs.md) | ol 9 | 0:3.9.25-2.0.1.el9_7 |
| [python3-test](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-test.md) | ol 9 | 0:3.9.25-2.0.1.el9_7 |
| [python3-tkinter](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-tkinter.md) | ol 9 | 0:3.9.25-2.0.1.el9_7 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2024-5642](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2024-5642.md) | High | Buffer overread when using an empty list with SSLContext.set_npn_protocols() | 7.6 | 0.0074 |  |
| [CVE-2025-6069](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-6069.md) | High | HTMLParser quadratic complexity when processing malformed inputs | 7.6 | 0.0060 |  |
| [CVE-2025-8291](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-8291.md) | High | ZIP64 End of Central Directory (EOCD) Locator record offset not checked | 7.6 | 0.0047 |  |
| [CVE-2025-6075](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-6075.md) | High | Quadratic complexity in os.path.expandvars() with user-controlled template | 8.1 | 0.0015 |  |

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Data as of 2026-11-07T12:40:37Z UTC. Source: Patchblox Patch Radar (https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar). Patchblox finds out-of-date software on Windows, macOS and Linux and updates it through release rings: https://patchblox.com/demo