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High ELSA-2026-30856 1 CVE

Important: perl-Archive-Tar security update (Oracle Linux 9)

Published Jun 29, 2026 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Ecosystem: Oracle Linux

Summary

[2.38-6.1]
- Fix CVE-2026-42496: validate symlink and hardlink targets in secure
extract mode
- Resolves: RHEL-181662

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 perl-Archive-Tar 0:2.38-6.el9_8.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 9.1
    CVE-2026-42496

    Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory

    Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. _make_special_file() passes the tar header's linkname to symlink() without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The …

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