🛡️ ALSA-2026:30856 — perl-archive-tar

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Important: perl-Archive-Tar security update

Archive::Tar provides an object oriented mechanism for handling tar files. It provides class methods for quick and easy files handling while also allowing for the creation of tar file objects for custom manipulation. If you have the IO::Zlib module installed, Archive::Tar will also support compressed or gzipped tar files.

Security Fix(es):

  • perl-archive-tar: perl-archive-tar: Path traversal via crafted symlinks allows arbitrary file access (CVE-2026-42496)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected software

ALSA-2026:30856 is recorded against 1 package.

  • perl-archive-tar (fixed in 2.38-6.el9_8.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 29 June 2026 and last revised on 30 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

access.redhat.com (Advisory)
access.redhat.com (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
errata.almalinux.org (Advisory)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-29
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-30
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
perl-archive-tar — 2.38-6.el9_8.1

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