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Microsoft Security Response CenterCVE-2026-9538

Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header

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7.5CVSS out of 10High severity
Scope

What the vendor says is affected

  • azl3 perl 5.38.2-509 on Azure Linux 3.0
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