CVE-2026-4176 (GCVE-0-2026-4176)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-29 20:50 – Updated: 2026-03-30 15:35
VLAI?
Title
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
Summary
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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-1395 - Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
SHAY perl Affected: 5.9.4 , < 5.40.4-RC1 (custom)
Affected: 5.41.0 , < 5.42.2-RC1 (custom)
Affected: 5.43.0 , < 5.43.9 (custom)
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Credits
Bernhard Schmalhofer
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