{ "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": "IO::Compress versions from 2.207 before 2.220 for Perl ship a zipdetails CLI tool that crashes with undefined subroutine on Info-ZIP Unix Extra Field with 8-byte UID or GID. When decode_ux() in bin/zipdetails handles an Info-ZIP Unix Extra Field (tag 0x7875) with UID Size or GID Size set to 8, causing zipdetails to decode an 8-byte UID or GID value, it dispatches through decodeLitteEndian(), which calls a misnamed helper unpackValueQ. The actual function defined in the same file is unpackValue_Q (with underscore); the call raises 'Undefined subroutine &main::unpackValueQ' and the script exits with status 255. Library callers of IO::Compress and IO::Uncompress are not affected; the defect is in the bundled CLI tool.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-IO-Compress-2026-48961 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-io-compress-2026-48961.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/commit/33c89d03d6e746ed2ead4f2f6570d47864c61bc7.patch", "url": "https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/commit/33c89d03d6e746ed2ead4f2f6570d47864c61bc7.patch" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/PMQS/IO-Compress-2.220/changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/PMQS/IO-Compress-2.220/changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/3", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/3" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2026-48961 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48961" } ], "title": "IO-Compress vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-05-27T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-IO-Compress-2026-48961", "initial_release_date": "2026-05-27T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-05-27T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=2.207|<2.220", "product": { "name": "IO-Compress greater than or equal 2.207 and less than 2.220", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/IO-Compress" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=2.220", "product": { "name": "IO-Compress greater than or equal 2.220", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/IO-Compress" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "IO-Compress" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-48961", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-755", "name": "Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "IO::Compress versions from 2.207 before 2.220 for Perl ship a zipdetails CLI tool that crashes with undefined subroutine on Info-ZIP Unix Extra Field with 8-byte UID or GID.\n\nWhen decode_ux() in bin/zipdetails handles an Info-ZIP Unix Extra Field (tag 0x7875) with UID Size or GID Size set to 8, causing zipdetails to decode an 8-byte UID or GID value, it dispatches through decodeLitteEndian(), which calls a misnamed helper unpackValueQ. The actual function defined in the same file is unpackValue_Q (with underscore); the call raises 'Undefined subroutine &main::unpackValueQ' and the script exits with status 255.\n\nLibrary callers of IO::Compress and IO::Uncompress are not affected; the defect is in the bundled CLI tool.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 7.3, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ] } ] }