CVE-2026-48959: IO::Uncompress::Unzip versions before 2.220 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via per-byte read loop in fastForward
Overview
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Patch Tuesday
- 2026-May
- Released
- 2026-06-02
- EPSS Score
- 0.05% (percentile: 15.8%)
Affected Products (1)
Open Source Software
- azl3 perl 5.38.2-509 on Azure Linux 3.0
Revision History
- 2026-06-02: Information published.