After you upgrade SAS® Viya® from a version earlier than 2025.11 to version 2025.11 or later, PROC PYTHON is unable to import pandas. As a result, the import fails with the following error:
ImportError: libffi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
In 2025.11, Python Linux binaries must be compatible with Red Hat Universal Base Image 9 (UBI9). This requirement is documented in the 2025.11 Deployment Notes. If you do not update the Python binaries, the binaries' reference system libraries will no longer be available in the containers.