[El-errata] ELSA-2026-56219 Important: Oracle Linux 8 python3 security update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-56219

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-56219.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
platform-python-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.i686.rpm
platform-python-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
platform-python-debug-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.i686.rpm
platform-python-debug-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
platform-python-devel-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.i686.rpm
platform-python-devel-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
python3-idle-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.i686.rpm
python3-idle-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
python3-libs-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.i686.rpm
python3-libs-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
python3-test-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.i686.rpm
python3-test-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
python3-tkinter-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.i686.rpm
python3-tkinter-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
platform-python-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
platform-python-debug-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
platform-python-devel-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
python3-idle-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
python3-libs-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
python3-test-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
python3-tkinter-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/python3-3.6.8-78.0.1.el8_10.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2026-11940




Description of changes:

[3.6.8-78.0.1]
- Add Oracle Linux distribution in platform.py [Orabug: 20812544]

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

[3.6.8-78]
- Security fix for CVE-2026-11940
Resolves: RHEL-227194