Amazon Linux 2 : perl-Storable (ALAS-2026-3989)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 365213

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of perl-Storable installed on the remote host is prior to 2.45-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3989 advisory.

Storable versions before 3.41 for Perl have a signed integer overflow when deserializing a crafted SX_HOOK record.

retrieve_hook_common reads a signed 32-bit item count from an SX_HOOK record and calls av_extend with that count plus one. A count of I32_MAX wraps the addition to a negative value.

A crafted blob passed to thaw or retrieve triggers the overflow; av_extend receives the negative count and dies with a panic, terminating the deserialization. (CVE-2026-57433)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

Solution

Run 'yum update perl-Storable' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3989' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 365213

File Name: al2_ALAS-2026-3989.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/12/2026

Updated: 10/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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: 4.9

Percentile: 58.47

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-57433

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-storable-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-storable

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-57433

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