RHSA-2026:30851HighCVSS 8.2

Red Hat Security Advisory: perl:5.32 security update

Published
June 29, 2026
Last Modified
August 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

📋 Description

CVE-2026-42496 — perl-archive-tar: perl-archive-tar: Path traversal via crafted symlinks allows arbitrary file access CVE-2026-48962 — perl-IO-Compress: perl-IO-Compress: Arbitrary code execution via attacker-controlled output glob

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.aarch64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.ppc64le (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.s390x (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-Algorithm-Diff-0:1.1903-10.module+el8.10.0+21354+3ad137bb.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-Algorithm-Diff-0:1.1903-10.module+el8.10.0+21354+3ad137bb.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:2.38-4.module+el8.10.0+24402+ce90c7a0.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:2.38-4.module+el8.10.0+24402+ce90c7a0.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-Archive-Zip-0:1.68-3.module+el8.10.0+21354+3ad137bb.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-Archive-Zip-0:1.68-3.module+el8.10.0+21354+3ad137bb.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-Attribute-Handlers-0:1.01-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-AutoLoader-0:5.74-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-AutoSplit-0:5.74-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-B-0:1.80-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.aarch64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-B-0:1.80-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.ppc64le (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-B-0:1.80-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.s390x (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-B-0:1.80-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-B-debuginfo-0:1.80-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.aarch64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-B-debuginfo-0:1.80-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.ppc64le (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-B-debuginfo-0:1.80-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.s390x (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-B-debuginfo-0:1.80-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-Benchmark-0:1.23-474.module+el8.10.0+24099+8aa2f756.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-CPAN-0:2.28-5.module+el8.10.0+21354+3ad137bb.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-CPAN-0:2.28-5.module+el8.10.0+21354+3ad137bb.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo-0:0.12-13.module+el8.10.0+21354+3ad137bb.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo-0:0.12-13.module+el8.10.0+21354+3ad137bb.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-CPAN-Meta-0:2.150010-397.module+el8.10.0+21354+3ad137bb.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
  • perl-CPAN-Meta-0:2.150010-397.module+el8.10.0+21354+3ad137bb.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.

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