RHSA-2026:50262 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: perl:5.32 security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · August 5, 2026
Updated · September 1, 2026
Topic
An update for the perl:5.32 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Update Services for SAP Solutions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Telecommunications Update Service.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming.
Security Fix(es):
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perl: Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths (CVE-2025-40909)
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perl-IO-Compress: perl-IO-Compress: Arbitrary code execution via attacker-controlled output glob (CVE-2026-48962)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.