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[USN-8467-1] Perl vulnerabilities

Posted on 24 June 2026
Ubuntu Security

==========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8467-1
June 24, 2026

perl vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Perl.

Software Description:
- perl: Practical Extraction and Report Language

Details:

It was discovered that Perl's Archive::Tar module incorrectly handled
symlink and hardlink targets during extraction. An attacker could use this
issue to read or overwrite arbitrary files outside the extraction
directory. (CVE-2026-42496)

It was discovered that Perl had a heap buffer overflow when compiling
regular expressions with a repeated fixed string on 32-bit builds. An
attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-8376)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
libperl-dev 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libperl5.30 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-base 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-debug 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-doc 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-modules-5.30 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libperl-dev 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libperl5.26 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-base 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-debug 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-doc 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-modules-5.26 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libperl-dev 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
libperl5.22 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-base 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-debug 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-doc 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-modules-5.22 5.22.1-9ubuntu0.9+esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
libperl-dev 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-base 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro
perl-debug 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm7
Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8467-1
CVE-2026-8376

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