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HIGHCVE-2026-9538Published Modified CNA CPANSec

CVE-2026-9538: Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header

Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header. _read_tar() 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.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
7.5
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
3.10
Affected Products
1

Fix available

3.10
Patch commits
Affected packages
  • BINGOS / Archive::Tar
    < 3.10 (from 0)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N