ALPINE-CVE-2026-11972

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-11972
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-11972.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-11972
Upstream
Published
2026-06-23T23:16:49.033Z
Modified
2026-08-18T09:17:58.584593291Z
Severity
  • 8.2 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.21 / python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.12.14-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-11972.json"

Alpine:v3.22 / python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.12.14-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-11972.json"

Alpine:v3.23 / python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.12.14-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-11972.json"

Alpine:v3.24 / python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.14.7-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-11972.json"