CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-11972

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jun 23, 2026Sources checked Sep 28, 2026

8.2HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-11972 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 8.2. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.7%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is 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.