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Oracle Linux 8 ELSA-2026-30852 perl-Archive-Tar Important Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2026
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Oracle Linux 8 Security Advisory ELSA-2026-30852 fixes important issues with perl-Archive-Tar.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

[2.30-2] - Fix CVE-2026-42496: validate symlink and hardlink targets in secure extract mode - Resolves: RHEL-181654 [2.30-1] - 2.30 bump [2.28-1] - 2.28 bump - Fixes CVE-2018-12015 (directory traversal) (bug #1588761) [2.26-6] - Do not run optional test on RHEL [2.26-5] - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_28_Mass_Rebuild [2.26-4] - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_27_Mass_Rebuild [2.26-3] - Perl 5.26 re-rebuild of bootstrapped packages [2.26-2] - Perl 5.26 rebuild [2.26-1] - 2.26 bump [2.24-2] - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_26_Mass_Rebuild

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Topics Covered

security advisory important perl symlink Oracle archive

SRPMs

http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.src.rpm

x86_64

perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.noarch.rpm

aarch64

perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.noarch.rpm

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Related CVEs: CVE-2026-42496

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security advisory important perl symlink Oracle archive

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