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High RHSA-2026:50262 2 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: perl:5.32 security update

Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Sep 2, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 E4S rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream perl 4:5.32.1-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 E4S rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream perl-interpreter 4:5.32.1-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 E4S rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream perl-IO-Compress 0:2.096-1.module+el8.8.0+24435+247ee4c9.1
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 E4S rhel_e4s:8.8::appstream perl-libs 4:5.32.1-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 TUS rhel_tus:8.8::appstream perl 4:5.32.1-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 TUS rhel_tus:8.8::appstream perl-interpreter 4:5.32.1-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 TUS rhel_tus:8.8::appstream perl-IO-Compress 0:2.096-1.module+el8.8.0+24435+247ee4c9.1
Red Hat · RHEL 8.8 TUS rhel_tus:8.8::appstream perl-libs 4:5.32.1-472.module+el8.8.0+24404+b3ad2701.1

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.3
    CVE-2026-48962 Public exploit

    IO::Compress versions before 2.220 for Perl can execute arbitrary code in File::GlobMapper via an attacker-controlled output glob

    IO::Compress versions before 2.220 for Perl can execute arbitrary code in File::GlobMapper via an attacker-controlled output glob. _parseOutputGlob() wraps the caller-supplied output glob string in double quotes and stores it in the parser state; _getFiles() …

    PMQS IO::Compress perl perl Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine
  • Medium 5.9
    CVE-2025-40909

    Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths

    Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths. If a directory handle is open at thread creation, the process-wide current working directory is temporarily changed in order to clone that handle for the n…

    perl perl perl perl Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Wolfi

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2369407
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481767
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_50262.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40909
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40909
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40909
  • article
    https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1098226
  • article
    https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/11a11ecf4bea72b17d250cfb43c897be1341861e
  • article
    https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/918bfff86ca8d6d4e4ec5b30994451e0bd74aba9.patch
  • article
    https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/10387
  • article
    https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/23010
  • article
    https://perldoc.perl.org/5.14.0/perl5136delta#Directory-handles-not-copied-to-threads
  • article
    https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/22/2
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48962
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48962
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48962
  • article
    https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/commit/f2db247bf90d4cc7ee2710be384946081f3b4610.patch
  • article
    https://metacpan.org/release/PMQS/IO-Compress-2.220/changes