{"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_01M5NX0YQMP6QHEESVTK86X6CD","modified_at":"2026-10-01T03:03:56.260960283Z","published_at":"2026-05-26T02:16:41.150Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-9538"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538#Debian:14/perl","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9538"}],"summary":"Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header. _read_tar() reads each entry's payload with $handle->read($$data, $block), wh"}