CVE-2026-9538: Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header
Overview
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Patch Tuesday
- 2026-May
- Released
- 2026-05-29
- Last Updated
- 2026-06-02
- EPSS Score
- 0.45% (percentile: 38.1%)
Affected Products (1)
Open Source Software
- azl3 perl 5.38.2-509 on Azure Linux 3.0
Revision History
- 2026-05-29: Information published.
- 2026-06-02: Information published.