🔒 [IBM OSPO Security Notification] — IBM/softlayer-tiny-tools

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
python
Domain
security

Research direction

Start with the linked Security Issue Guide, then inspect the repository's Python dependency declarations for httplib2. Update the dependency to 0.32.0 or later and run the repository's available checks; done means the CVE-2026-59939 alert is resolved and the issue can close automatically.

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Description

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🔒 Security Alerts — IBM/softlayer-tiny-tools

Action required: Remediate the alerts listed below before their SLA deadline.
This issue will be closed automatically once all alerts are resolved.

SLA policy: critical = 7 days, high = 30 days, medium = 90 days, low = no deadline.
Alerts at or above medium severity will trigger a warning comment before the deadline and
repo archiving if unresolved. Low-severity alerts are tracked here for visibility only —
they will never trigger warnings or archiving.

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Dependabot security updates in your repo settings:
Settings → Advanced Security → Dependabot security updates → Enable.

📖 New to this issue? See the Security Issue Guide for a full explanation of what this issue means and what you need to do.

Attention: @threen134

Dependabot Alerts
Severity CVE/GHSA Package Affected Patched Fix PR
🟠 high CVE-2026-59939 httplib2 < 0.32.0 0.32.0
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