CVE-2026-11972

ADVISORY - nist

Summary

When using the "tarfile" module with a file opened in "streaming mode" (mode="r|") the tarfile module did not properly handle EOF, making archive parsing take exponentially longer.

EPSS Score⁠: 0.00445 (0.366)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-252⁠

Unchecked Return Value

CWE-606⁠

Unchecked Input for Loop Condition

CWE-770⁠

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Impacted images

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