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CGA-c632-6845-mvmr

Package

perl

Component

perl

Latest update

Fixed

Fixed version

5.42.2-r3

Aliases

Severity

7.3

High

CVSS V3

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References

  • https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8376
  • https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpxq-89h3-qc47

Updates

Status

Fixed

Fixed version

5.42.2-r3

Impact

Fixed by backporting the upstream fix (commit 5e7f119) for the Perl_study_chunk heap buffer overflow; the patch is applied at build time as no stable 5.42.x release contains it.

Status

Under investigation

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