{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "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.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2026-4176 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-compress-raw-zlib-2026-4176.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/c75ae9cc164205e1b6d6dbd57bd2c65c8593fe94", "url": "https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/c75ae9cc164205e1b6d6dbd57bd2c65c8593fe94" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/37638919/", "url": "https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/37638919/" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/PMQS/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.221/source/Changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/PMQS/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.221/source/Changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.40.4/changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.40.4/changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.42.2/changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.42.2/changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3381", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3381" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/30/2", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/30/2" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2026-4176 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4176" } ], "title": "Compress-Raw-Zlib vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-03-29T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2026-4176", "initial_release_date": "2026-03-29T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-03-29T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<2.218", "product": { "name": "Compress-Raw-Zlib less than 2.218", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=2.218", "product": { "name": "Compress-Raw-Zlib greater than or equal 2.218", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/Compress-Raw-Zlib" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "Compress-Raw-Zlib" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-4176", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "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.\n\nCompress::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.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ] } ] }