CVE-2026-4176

perl: 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 vulner...

CVE-2026-4176 is fixed in perl on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-4176, released March 29, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent
CVSS
9.8
critical
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0074
54th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
perl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 5.10.0-21 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-4176 Mar 29, 2026
perl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 5.10.0-21 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-4176 Mar 29, 2026
perl · Debian 14 5.10.0-21 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-4176 Mar 29, 2026

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