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CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Perl versions from 5.9.4 before 5.40.4-RC1, from 5.41.0 before 5.42.2-RC1, from 5.43.0 before 5.43.9 contain a vulnerable version of Compress::Raw::Zlib.
Compress::Raw::Zlib is included in the Perl package as a dual-life core module, and is vulnerable to CVE-2026-3381 due to a vendored version of zlib which has several vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-27171. The bundled Compress::Raw::Zlib was updated to version 2.221 in Perl blead commit c75ae9cc164205e1b6d6dbd57bd2c65c8593fe94.
Compress::Raw::Zlib is included in the Perl package as a dual-life core module, and is vulnerable to CVE-2026-3381 due to a vendored version of zlib which has several vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-27171. The bundled Compress::Raw::Zlib was updated to version 2.221 in Perl blead commit c75ae9cc164205e1b6d6dbd57bd2c65c8593fe94.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-4176
Source
CPANSec
Published
Mar 29, 2026 at 20:50
Modified
Mar 30, 2026 at 15:35
Affected Product
Vendor
SHAY
Product
perl
Version
5.9.4
Affected Versions
SHAY perl 5.9.4
SHAY perl 5.41.0
SHAY perl 5.43.0
SHAY perl 5.41.0
SHAY perl 5.43.0
CWE Classification
References
- www.cve.org /CVERecord
- lists.security.metacpan.org /cve-announce/msg/37638919/
- github.com /Perl/perl5/commit/c75ae9cc164205e1b6d6dbd57bd2c65c8593fe94
- metacpan.org /release/PMQS/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.221/source/Changes
- metacpan.org /release/SHAY/perl-5.40.4/changes
- metacpan.org /release/SHAY/perl-5.42.2/changes