RHSA-2026:50262HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: perl:5.32 security update

Published
August 4, 2026
Last Modified
August 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2025-40909 →CVE-2026-48962 →

📋 Description

CVE-2025-40909 — perl: Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths CVE-2026-48962 — perl-IO-Compress: perl-IO-Compress: Arbitrary code execution via attacker-controlled output glob

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.ppc64le (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.src (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • perl-4:5.32.1-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • 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 E4S (v.8.8)
  • 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 TUS (v.8.8)
  • 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 E4S (v.8.8)
  • 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 TUS (v.8.8)
  • 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 E4S (v.8.8)
  • 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 TUS (v.8.8)
  • 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 E4S (v.8.8)
  • 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 TUS (v.8.8)
  • 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 E4S (v.8.8)
  • 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 TUS (v.8.8)
  • 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 E4S (v.8.8)
  • 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 TUS (v.8.8)
  • perl-Attribute-Handlers-0:1.01-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • perl-Attribute-Handlers-0:1.01-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • perl-AutoLoader-0:5.74-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • perl-AutoLoader-0:5.74-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • perl-AutoSplit-0:5.74-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • perl-AutoSplit-0:5.74-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.noarch (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • perl-B-0:1.80-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.ppc64le (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • perl-B-0:1.80-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • perl-B-0:1.80-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • perl-B-debuginfo-0:1.80-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.ppc64le (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • perl-B-debuginfo-0:1.80-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1.x86_64 (perl:5.32) as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
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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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