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  "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.",
  "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2026-11972",
  "modified": "2026-08-15T08:18:09.639205782Z",
  "published": "2026-06-23T23:16:49.033Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-11972"
    }
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      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-11972"
  ]
}