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Echo: perl: security update to 5.40.1-6+e19

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457378

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Pod::Text versions before 6.1.1 for Perl allow CPU and memory exhaustion formatting a POD document whose
 =over nesting drives the margin to the output width. Each =over adds its indent to the margin, which
 wrap() subtracts from the output width to get the space available for text. When that space reaches zero,
 the line-splitting substitution matches the empty string, and the loop consumes no input while appending
 the margin padding on every pass. Formatting an attacker-supplied POD document never returns, and the
 output grows until memory is exhausted. (CVE-2026-82560)

Solution

Update the perl library and its related packages to version 5.40.1-6+e19 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-82560

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457378

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.61

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-82560

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-82560