| Name | CVE-2026-48962 |
| Description | IO::Compress versions before 2.220 for Perl can execute arbitrary code ... |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libio-compress-perl (PTS) | bullseye | 2.101-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.204-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 2.213-1 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 2.219-2 | vulnerable |
| perl (PTS) | bullseye | 5.32.1-4+deb11u3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 5.32.1-4+deb11u5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 5.36.0-7+deb12u3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 5.36.0-7+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 5.40.1-6 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 5.40.1-7 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libio-compress-perl | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
| perl | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/40434385/
Fixed by: https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/commit/f2db247bf90d4cc7ee2710be384946081f3b4610 (v2.220)