Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2026-4176
(2026-03-29)
Perl versions from 5.9.4 before 5.40.4-RC1, from 5.41.0 before 5.42.2-RC1, from 5.43.0 before 5.43.9 contain a vulnerable version of Compress::Raw::Zlib. Compress::Raw::Zlib is included in the Perl package as a dual-life core module, and is vulnerable to CVE-2026-3381 due to a vendored version of zlib which has several vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-27171. The bundled Compress::Raw::Zlib was updated to version 2.221 in Perl blead commit c75ae9cc164205e1b6d6dbd57bd2c65c8593fe94.
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3381
- https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/37638919/
- https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/c75ae9cc164205e1b6d6dbd57bd2c65c8593fe94
- https://metacpan.org/release/PMQS/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.221/source/Changes
- https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.40.4/changes
- https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.42.2/changes
No POD found for xs_special_subs_require.t.
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