| Name | CVE-2026-11972 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1141534 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pypy3 (PTS) | bullseye | 7.3.5+dfsg-2+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 7.3.5+dfsg-2+deb11u5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 7.3.11+dfsg-2+deb12u3 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 7.3.19+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 7.3.23+dfsg-1 | vulnerable |
| python2.7 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.7.18-8+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| python3.11 (PTS) | bookworm | 3.11.2-6+deb12u8 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 3.11.2-6+deb12u3 | vulnerable |
| python3.13 (PTS) | trixie | 3.13.5-2+deb13u3 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 3.13.14-1 | vulnerable |
| python3.14 (PTS) | forky, sid | 3.14.6-1 | vulnerable |
| python3.9 (PTS) | bullseye | 3.9.2-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 3.9.2-1+deb11u7 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[trixie] - python3.13 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - python3.11 <postponed> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - python3.9 <postponed> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - python2.7 <end-of-life> (EOL in bullseye LTS)
[trixie] - pypy3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/AXPSKKTSRKXTTJULW3XSIC74WZNAAPPB/
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/151981
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e86666c9dd256d52d0fbef6feb1ea4a51768fdec (3.14)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3f031d431f80668e14f3bc066bbf4369cd9281b9 (3.13)