PT-2026-53326

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...

PT-2026-53324

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...

PT-2026-53328

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...

CVE-2026-29509

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...

EUVD-2026-38630

When using the "tarfile" module with a file opened in "streaming mode" mode="r|" the tarfile module did not properly handle EOF, meaning an archive could be parsed in an infinite loop...

CVE-2026-11972

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...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-11972

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...

AZL-91248 CVE-2026-11972 affecting package python3 for versions less than 3.12.9-14

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...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-11972

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...

Infinite loop

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop in the seek function of the tarfile module when processing tar archives in streaming mode. An attacker can cause the process to enter an infinite loop and exhaust system resources by providing a specially crafted archive...

CVE-2026-11972

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...

CVE-2026-11972

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...

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

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...

PSF-2026-31

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...

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

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...

CVE-2026-11972

CVE-2026-11972: The Python tarfile module may loop indefinitely when parsing archives opened in streaming mode (mode="r|") due to improper EOF handling. Affects the tarfile parsing path and could cause high impact availability issues; the description confirms the root cause but the connected docu...

CVE-2026-11972: Unchecked Return Value

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...

CVE-2026-7774

A flaw was found in the tarfile.datafilter function within the Python tarfile module. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted tar archive containing malicious link entries, such as symlinks with empty or directory-like names. This bypass allows the...

ROS-20260505-73-0072

A vulnerability in the tarfile module of the Python programming language interpreter CPython is related to incorrect parsing of the file header. Exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker acting remotely to cause a denial of service...

ROS-20260505-73-0073

A vulnerability in the tarfile module of the Python programming language interpreter CPython is related to incorrect parsing of the file header. Exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker acting remotely to cause a denial of service...