{"uuid": "dc876ac8-040d-47e0-85ec-708dc41d505b", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-42496", "type": "seen", "source": "https://bsky.app/profile/securitycyberuk.bsky.social/post/3motmrathgt2r", "content": "\ud83d\udea8  ALERT: CVE-2026-42496\n\nCVSS 9.1/10\n\n\ud83d\udccb WHAT IT IS:\nArchive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory.\n\n_make_special_file() passes the tar header's linkname to symlink() without validating it against absolute paths or .. s", "creation_timestamp": "2026-06-22T00:26:01.719855Z"}