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Oracle Linux 7 perl-IO-Compress Important CVE-2026-48962 Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2026
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Important update for Oracle Linux 7 addressing security issue in perl-IO-Compress that could lead to data corruption.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 7 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[2.061-2.0.1] - Fix for CVE-2026-48962 [Orabug: 39658885]

SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol7/SRPMS-updates/perl-IO-Compress-2.061-2.0.1.el7.src.rpm

x86_64

perl-IO-Compress-2.061-2.0.1.el7.noarch.rpm

aarch64

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Related CVEs: CVE-2026-48962

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