CVE-2026-11972
HIGH
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.06
BB Relevance:
77/100
Published: 2026-06-23
Modified: 2026-10-25
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Network
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Network
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
X
AT:
Present
VC:
None
VI:
None
VA:
High
Description
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.