Bug 2492050 (CVE-2026-11972)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-11972 python: Python tarfile module: Denial of Service via improper EOF handling in streaming mode | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | alinfoot, bbrownin, cahl, dfreiber, dkeler, drow, dschmidt, dtrifiro, fdeutsch, jburrell, jkoehler, jlanda, kshier, ljawale, lphiri, msilmser, oramraz, rbryant, rhel-process-autobot, sdawley, simaishi, smullick, stcannon, stirabos, suppawar, teagle, thason, vkumar, watson-tool-maintainers, weaton, yguenane |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A flaw was found in the Python `tarfile` module. When processing a specially crafted tar archive opened in 'streaming mode' (mode='r|'), the module does not properly handle the end-of-file (EOF) condition. This can cause the `tarfile` module to enter an infinite loop, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) for applications processing such archives.
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-06-23 23:01:30 UTC
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