CVE-2026-11972
Estado: Pendiente de análisisAlta (8.2)—
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
- Versión: 4.0
- Vector: 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
- Puntuación base: 8.2
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.71%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 52
- Fecha de la puntuación: 1/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-252, CWE-606, CWE-770
Referencias
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3f031d431f80668e14f3bc066bbf4369cd9281b9
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4ce6bf7c8aa7725828a38981c306f214c1f29365
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7f0dc59c9a70f8f3b4da33d7c4a2ba552a7acc21
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e86666c9dd256d52d0fbef6feb1ea4a51768fdec
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/eb63c0f94dfcbea7fda8eab6213818e134d67192
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f50bf13566189c8d0ce5a814f33eff3d89951896
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f5e2776ff0383a902c12acf2b703e7e951fc8438
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/151981
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/151982
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/AXPSKKTSRKXTTJULW3XSIC74WZNAAPPB/
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