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🛡️ CVE-2026-11972 on Ubuntu — python2.7

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-11972 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package python2.7. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this 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

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: Present — the target has to be in a particular state for the attack to work.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-11972 is recorded against 12 packages.

  • python2.7
  • python3.10
  • python3.11
  • python3.12
  • python3.13
  • python3.14
  • python3.4
  • python3.5
  • python3.6
  • python3.7
  • python3.8
  • python3.9

Timeline and source

Published on 23 June 2026 and last revised on 27 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
mail.python.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

python2.7 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS 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
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-23
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-27
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
python2.7
python3.10
python3.11
python3.12
python3.13
python3.14
python3.4
python3.5
python3.6
python3.7
python3.8
python3.9

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