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CVE-2026-9538
DEB
High

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

CVSS
7.5
High
EPSS
0.00
p35
Published
2026-01-01
Updated
2026-01-01
Description

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.

Tags · CWE
Pre-auth
CWE-789
Affected products
\ < 3.10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
2026-01-01
Published
2026-01-01
Updated
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
Attack Vector
AV: N
Network (N)
Attack Complexity
AC: L
Low (L)
Privileges Required
PR: N
None (N)
User Interaction
UI: N
None (N)
Scope
S: U
Unchanged (U)
Confidentiality Impact
C: N
None (N)
Integrity Impact
I: N
None (N)
Availability Impact
A: H
High (H)
Exploit indicators
EPSS
0.004 · p35
Known exploited (KEV)
No
Known exploits — Сканер-ВС
No Сканер-ВС checks registered for this vulnerability yet.
Affected products
ProductVendorStatus
perlTracked
perlTracked
perlTracked
archive::tar*Tracked