RHEL 8 : perl:5.32 (RHSA-2026:30851)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 323637

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for perl:5.32.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:30851 advisory.

Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming.

Security Fix(es):

* perl-archive-tar: perl-archive-tar: Path traversal via crafted symlinks allows arbitrary file access (CVE-2026-42496)

* perl-IO-Compress: perl-IO-Compress: Arbitrary code execution via attacker-controlled output glob (CVE-2026-48962)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL perl:5.32 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2026:30851.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30851

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2481767

http://www.nessus.org/u?38260159

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 323637

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2026-30851.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2026

Updated: 6/29/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42496

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-db_file, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-ndbm_file, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-archive-tar, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-digest-sha, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-cbuilder, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-embed, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-makemaker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-parsexs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-fetch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-ipc-cmd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-locale-maketext-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-build, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-corelist, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-load, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-load-conditional, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-loaded, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-params-check, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-escapes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-test-harness, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-test-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-time-hires, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-time-piece, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-parent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-version, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-install, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-compress-raw-bzip2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-compress-raw-zlib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-attribute-handlers, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-devel-peek, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-devel-selfstubber, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-errno, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-miniperl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-math-complex, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-memoize, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-net-ping, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-html, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-selfloader, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-interpreter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-libnetcfg, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-open, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-http-tiny, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-autoloader, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-autosplit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-autouse, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-benchmark, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-blib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-class-struct, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-config-extensions, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-dbm_filter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-debugger, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-deprecate, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-diagnostics, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-dirhandle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-dumpvalue, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-dynaloader, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-encoding-warnings, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-english, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-constant, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-fcntl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-fields, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-basename, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-compare, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-copy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-dosglob, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-find, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-stat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-filecache, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-filehandle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-filetest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-findbin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-gdbm_file, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-getopt-std, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-hash-util, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-hash-util-fieldhash, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-i18n-collate, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-i18n-langinfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-i18n-langtags, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-if, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-ipc-open3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-less, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-locale, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-meta-notation, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-mro, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-net, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-next, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-odbm_file, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-opcode, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-overload, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-overloading, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-ph, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-functions, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-posix, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-safe, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-search-dict, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-selectsaver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-sigtrap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-sort, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-subs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-symbol, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-sys-hostname, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-term-complete, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-term-readline, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-text-abbrev, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-thread, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-thread-semaphore, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-tie, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-tie-file, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-tie-memoize, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-time, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-unicode-ucd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-user-pwent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-vars, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-vmsish, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-path, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-algorithm-diff, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-archive-zip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-autodie, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-bignum, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-carp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-compress-bzip2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-compress-raw-lzma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-config-perl-v, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-constant, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpan-distnameinfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpan-meta, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpan-meta-requirements, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-cpan-meta-yaml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-data-dumper, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-data-optlist, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-data-section, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-devel-ppport, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-devel-size, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-digest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-digest-md5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-encode, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-encode-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-encode-locale, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-encoding, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-env, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-experimental, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-exporter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-command, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-manifest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-extutils-mm-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-fedora-vsp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-homedir, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-temp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-file-which, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-filter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-filter-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-generators, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-getopt-long, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-homedir, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-importer, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-inc-latest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-compress, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-compress-lzma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-io-socket-ip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-ipc-system-simple, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-ipc-sysv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-json-pp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-libnet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-local-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-locale-maketext, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-math-bigint, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-math-bigint-fastcalc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-math-bigrat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-mime-base64, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-corelist-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-module-metadata, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-mro-compat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-object-hashbase, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-object-hashbase-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-package-generator, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-params-util, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pathtools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-perl-ostype, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-perlfaq, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-perlio-via-quotedprint, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-checker, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-parser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-perldoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-pod-usage, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-podlators, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-scalar-list-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-socket, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-software-license, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-storable, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-sub-exporter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-sub-install, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-sys-syslog, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-term-ansicolor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-term-cap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-term-table, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-text-balanced, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-text-diff, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-text-glob, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-text-parsewords, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-text-template, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-thread-queue, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-threads, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-threads-shared, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-tie-refhash, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-time-local, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-unicode-collate, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-unicode-normalize, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-uri, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:perl-text-tabs%2bwrap, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42496, CVE-2026-48962

CWE: 22, 94

RHSA: 2026:30851