{"action":"Upgrade perl to 5.42.3-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"5.42.3-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"perl","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:14","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["5.42.3-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NS0PPS5R3RBF7MFFACEHZW","modified_at":"2026-10-05T10:00:06.390203208Z","published_at":"2026-05-26T02:16:40.130Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42496","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-42496"],"severity":{"label":"critical","score":9.1},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42496#Debian:14/perl","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42496"}],"summary":"Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. _make_special_file() passes the tar header's linkname to symlink() withou"}