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ALPINE-CVE-2026-11972

ALPINE-CVE-2026-11972

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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.

CVSS 8.2 · High · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • python3 Alpine:v3.21

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.12.14-r0

    Update to 3.12.14-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.22

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.12.14-r0

    Update to 3.12.14-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.23

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.12.14-r0

    Update to 3.12.14-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.24

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.14.7-r0

    Update to 3.14.7-r0

Original sources

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