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Rocky Linux RLSA-2026 perl-Archive-Tar Important Path Traversal Threat

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Calendar Grey July 1, 2026
Scroller Rockylinux
Important perl-Archive-Tar security update for Rocky Linux 9 addresses path traversal issue. Stay safe with updates.
Important: perl-Archive-Tar security update

Summary

An update is available for perl-Archive-Tar. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list


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Topics Covered

security advisory important path traversal arbitrary file access archive tar rocky linux

RPMs

perl-Archive-Tar-0:2.38-6.el9_8.1.noarch.rpm

perl-Archive-Tar-0:2.38-6.el9_8.1.src.rpm

References

No references

CVES

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-42496

Severity
important
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Name: RLSA-2026:30856
Affected Products: Rocky Linux 9

Fixes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481314


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Topics Covered

security advisory important path traversal arbitrary file access archive tar rocky linux

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