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CVE-2026-9538 (GCVE-0-2026-9538)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 00:18 – Updated: 2026-05-28 13:16
VLAI
Title
Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-28 13:16 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
BINGOS Archive::Tar Affected: 0 , < 3.10 (custom)
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