CVE-2026-48959

libperl5.38t64: IO::Uncompress::Unzip versions before 2.220 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via per-byte read loop in fastForward

CVE-2026-48959 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2026-1825, released June 11, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0055
46th percentile

IO::Uncompress::Unzip versions before 2.220 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via per-byte read loop in fastForward. fastForward() compares length $offset (the digit count of the offset, 1 to 19) against the chunk size $c instead of $offset itself, so $c shrinks from 16 KiB to 1-19 bytes per iteration. Extracting a named entry from an attacker supplied zip via IO::Uncompress::Unzip->new($zip, Name => $target) drives a per-byte read loop scaling with the entry's compressed size, up to the non-Zip64 4 GiB cap.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libio-compress-perl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 2.204-1+deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48959 Jun 24, 2026
libio-compress-perl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 2.213-1+deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48959 Jun 24, 2026
libio-compress-perl · Debian 14 2.220-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48959 Jun 24, 2026
libperl5.38t64 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4 libperl5.38t64 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4 Jul 13, 2026
perl · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 5.36.0-7+deb12u4 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48959 Jun 24, 2026
perl · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 5.40.1-6+deb13u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48959 Jun 24, 2026
perl · Debian 14 5.40.1-8 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-48959 Jun 24, 2026
perl · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4 perl 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4 Jul 13, 2026
perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2 · Fedora 43 2.218-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-FB1F15CE04 Jun 22, 2026
perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-debuginfo · Fedora 43 2.218-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-FB1F15CE04 Jun 22, 2026
perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-debugsource · Fedora 43 2.218-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-FB1F15CE04 Jun 22, 2026
perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-tests · Fedora 43 2.218-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-FB1F15CE04 Jun 22, 2026
perl-IO-Compress · Fedora 43 2.221-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-FB1F15CE04 Jun 22, 2026
perl-IO-Compress · amzn 2023 2.217-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2026-1825 Jun 11, 2026
perl-IO-Compress-tests · Fedora 43 2.221-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-FB1F15CE04 Jun 22, 2026
perl-IO-Compress-tests · amzn 2023 2.217-1.amzn2023.0.2 ALAS2023-2026-1825 Jun 11, 2026
perl-base · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4 perl-base 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4 Jul 13, 2026
perl-debug · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4 perl-debug 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4 Jul 13, 2026
perl-modules-5.38 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4 perl-modules-5.38 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4 Jul 13, 2026

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