Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2026:67162
perl security update
Released 2026-09-14 · Red Hat rating Moderate · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) perl-4:5.26.3-423.el8_10.1, perl-Attribute-Handlers-0.99-423.el8_10.1, perl-Devel-Peek-1.26-423.el8_10.1 +16
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perl-4:5.26.3-423.el8_10.1, perl-Errno-1.28-423.el8_10.1, perl-IO-1.38-423.el8_10.1 +5
Fixes 1 record
Priority MEDIUM 46
Perl versions before 5.40.5-RC1, from 5.41.0 before 5.42.3-RC1, from 5.43.0 before 5.43.10 produce silently incorrect regular expression matches when an alternation of more than 65535 fixed string branches is compiled in…
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1· Network · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.00494 · Published 2026-07-13 · Partial fix · 5.40.5-RC1, 5.42.3-RC1 +1 CWE-190
