| Name | CVE-2026-8376 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in Perl_study_chunk |
| 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 |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| perl | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[trixie] - perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue; can be fixed in point release)
[bookworm] - perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue; can be fixed in point release)
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24433