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Mageia 9 Perl Critical Heap Overflow Vulnerability CVE-2026-8376

mageia
Calendar Grey June 18, 2026
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Critical security update for Perl addressing heap overflow in Mageia 9. Immediate action is advised for vulnerable versions.
Security update

Summary

Description: Perl versions through 5.43.10 have a heap buffer overflow when compiling regular expressions with a repeated fixed string on 32-bit builds. (CVE-2026-8376)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35586

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/26/1

- https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/40396161/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8376

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical heap overflow perl Mageia CVE-2026-8376

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/perl-5.36.0-1.3.mga9

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Publication date: 18 Jun 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0220.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2026-8376

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical heap overflow perl Mageia CVE-2026-8376

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