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CVE-2026-11972 tarfile opened in streaming mode mishandles EOF

🗓️ 23 Jun 2026 22:02:45Reported by PSFType 
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Tarfile module in streaming mode mishandles end of file, causing an infinite loop during archive parsing.

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[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "modules": [
      "tarfile"
    ],
    "product": "CPython",
    "repo": "https://github.com/python/cpython",
    "vendor": "Python Software Foundation",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "3.13.15",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "python"
      },
      {
        "version": "3.14.0",
        "lessThan": "3.14.7",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "python"
      },
      {
        "version": "3.15.0a1",
        "lessThan": "3.15.0b4",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "python"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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