https://vulnerability.circl.lu Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Mon, 12 Oct 2026 01:08:29 +0000 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2026-42496 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> BINGOS Archive::Tar, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7</p> <p>Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory.</p> <p>_make_special_file() passes the tar header&#39;s linkname to symlink() without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The secure-extract mode check that guards regular file extraction does not cover the symlink target.</p> <p>A subsequent open through the extracted name reads or writes the attacker chosen path.</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> BINGOS Archive::Tar, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7</p> <p>Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory.</p> <p>_make_special_file() passes the tar header&#39;s linkname to symlink() without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The secure-extract mode check that guards regular file extraction does not cover the symlink target.</p> <p>A subsequent open through the extracted name reads or writes the attacker chosen path.</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2026-42496 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/usn-8467-1 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS: perl, Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: perl, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: perl, Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS: perl</p> <p>It was discovered that Perl&#39;s Archive::Tar module incorrectly handled symlink and hardlink targets during extraction. An attacker could use this issue to read or overwrite arbitrary files outside the extraction directory. (CVE-2026-42496)</p> <p>It was discovered that Perl had a heap buffer overflow when compiling regular expressions with a repeated fixed string on 32-bit builds. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-8376)</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS: perl, Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: perl, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: perl, Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS: perl</p> <p>It was discovered that Perl&#39;s Archive::Tar module incorrectly handled symlink and hardlink targets during extraction. An attacker could use this issue to read or overwrite arbitrary files outside the extraction directory. (CVE-2026-42496)</p> <p>It was discovered that Perl had a heap buffer overflow when compiling regular expressions with a repeated fixed string on 32-bit builds. An attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-8376)</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/usn-8467-1