Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header_CVE-2026-9538

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    "description": "Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header.\n\n_read_tar() reads each entry's payload with $handle->read($$data, $block), where $block is derived from the entry's 12-byte size field in the tar header with no upper bound on that value.\n\nA crafted header declaring a multi-gigabyte size causes Perl to allocate a scalar of that size.",
    "published": "2026-05-26T00:18:43.704Z",
    "modified": "2026-05-28T13:16:08.447Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header",
    "source": "CPANSec",
    "references": "https://github.com/jib/archive-tar-new/commit/f9af01426038e29d9578825a0cd3626946ab08c7.patch\nhttps://metacpan.org/release/BINGOS/Archive-Tar-3.10/changes",
    "id": "CVE-2026-9538",
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    "cwe": [
        "CWE-789"
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    "sourceData": "BINGOS Archive::Tar 0",
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    "cvss": {
        "score": 7.5,
        "severity": "HIGH",
        "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
        "version": "3.1"
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    "category_name": "CVE",
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    "product": "Archive::Tar",
    "version": "0",
    "vendor": "BINGOS",
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