RHSA-2026:37070MediumCVSS 5.9

Red Hat Security Advisory: perl:5.32 security update

Published
July 9, 2026
Last Modified
August 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-40909 →

📋 Description

CVE-2025-40909 — perl: Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-Algorithm-Diff-0:1.1903-10.module+el8.6.0+13324+628a2397.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-Algorithm-Diff-0:1.1903-10.module+el8.6.0+13324+628a2397.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-Algorithm-Diff-0:1.1903-10.module+el8.6.0+13324+628a2397.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-Algorithm-Diff-0:1.1903-10.module+el8.6.0+13324+628a2397.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:2.38-3.module+el8.6.0+13324+628a2397.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:2.38-3.module+el8.6.0+13324+628a2397.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:2.38-3.module+el8.6.0+13324+628a2397.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-Archive-Tar-0:2.38-3.module+el8.6.0+13324+628a2397.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-Archive-Zip-0:1.68-3.module+el8.6.0+13324+628a2397.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-Archive-Zip-0:1.68-3.module+el8.6.0+13324+628a2397.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-Archive-Zip-0:1.68-3.module+el8.6.0+13324+628a2397.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-Archive-Zip-0:1.68-3.module+el8.6.0+13324+628a2397.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-Attribute-Handlers-0:1.01-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-Attribute-Handlers-0:1.01-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-AutoLoader-0:5.74-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-AutoLoader-0:5.74-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-AutoSplit-0:5.74-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-AutoSplit-0:5.74-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-B-0:1.80-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-B-0:1.80-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-B-debuginfo-0:1.80-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-B-debuginfo-0:1.80-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
  • perl-Benchmark-0:1.23-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6)
  • perl-Benchmark-0:1.23-471.module+el8.6.0+24484+7827d5b5.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6)
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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.

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