DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-9538
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-9538
Published
2026-05-26T02:16:41.150Z
Modified
2026-05-26T08:48:19.149729616Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header. readtar() reads each entry's payload with $handle->read($$data, $block), where $block is derived from the entry's 12-byte size field in the tar header with no upper bound on that value. A crafted header declaring a multi-gigabyte size causes Perl to allocate a scalar of that size.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=bullseye

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.32.1-4
5.32.1-4+deb11u1
5.32.1-4+deb11u2
5.32.1-4+deb11u3
5.32.1-4+deb11u4
5.32.1-4+deb11u5
5.32.1-5
5.32.1-6
5.34.0~rc2-1
5.34.0-1
5.34.0-2
5.34.0-3
5.34.0-4
5.34.0-5
5.36.0-1
5.36.0-2
5.36.0-3
5.36.0-4
5.36.0-5
5.36.0-6
5.36.0-7
5.36.0-8
5.36.0-9
5.36.0-10
5.38.0~rc2-1
5.38.0-1
5.38.0-2
5.38.2-1
5.38.2-2
5.38.2-3
5.38.2-3.1
5.38.2-3.2
5.38.2-3.2+hurd.1
5.38.2-4
5.38.2-5
5.40.0~rc1-1
5.40.0-1
5.40.0-2
5.40.0-3
5.40.0-4
5.40.0-5
5.40.0-6
5.40.0-7
5.40.0-8
5.40.1-1
5.40.1-2
5.40.1-3
5.40.1-4
5.40.1-5
5.40.1-6
5.40.1-7
5.42.0-1
5.42.0-2
5.42.0-3
5.42.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538.json"

Debian:12 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.36.0-7
5.36.0-7+deb12u1
5.36.0-7+deb12u2
5.36.0-7+deb12u3
5.36.0-8
5.36.0-9
5.36.0-10
5.38.0~rc2-1
5.38.0-1
5.38.0-2
5.38.2-1
5.38.2-2
5.38.2-3
5.38.2-3.1
5.38.2-3.2
5.38.2-3.2+hurd.1
5.38.2-4
5.38.2-5
5.40.0~rc1-1
5.40.0-1
5.40.0-2
5.40.0-3
5.40.0-4
5.40.0-5
5.40.0-6
5.40.0-7
5.40.0-8
5.40.1-1
5.40.1-2
5.40.1-3
5.40.1-4
5.40.1-5
5.40.1-6
5.40.1-7
5.42.0-1
5.42.0-2
5.42.0-3
5.42.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538.json"

Debian:13 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.40.1-6
5.40.1-7
5.42.0-1
5.42.0-2
5.42.0-3
5.42.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538.json"

Debian:14 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.40.1-6
5.40.1-7
5.42.0-1
5.42.0-2
5.42.0-3
5.42.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538.json"