Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: 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.
Fixed packages 16
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14 | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-debug | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-debuginfo | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-debugsource | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-devel | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-freethreading | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-freethreading-debug | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-freethreading-devel | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-freethreading-idle | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-freethreading-libs | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-freethreading-test | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-freethreading-tkinter | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-idle | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-libs | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-test | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | python3.14-tkinter | 0:3.14.6-1.amzn2023.0.2 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.2
tarfile opened in streaming mode mishandles EOF
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
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2026-11972.html