OESA-2026-2843 perl security update

Perl 5 is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 30 years of development. Perl 5 runs on over 100 platforms from portables to mainframes and is suitable for both rapid prototyping and large scale development projects. Security Fixes: Socket versions before 2.041 for Perl ha...

CVE-2026-12087

Socket versions before 2.041 for Perl have an out-of-bounds heap read. In Socket.xs, packipmreqsource checks the length of its source argument before the argument is read, so the check tests the byte length carried over from the preceding multiaddr argument instead. Both addresses occupy a 4-byte...

CVE-2026-12087 Socket versions before 2.041 for Perl have an out-of-bounds heap read

Socket versions before 2.041 for Perl have an out-of-bounds heap read. In Socket.xs, packipmreqsource checks the length of its source argument before the argument is read, so the check tests the byte length carried over from the preceding multiaddr argument instead. Both addresses occupy a 4-byte...

PT-2026-49527

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Socket versions prior to 2.041 Description An out-of-bounds heap read exists in the pack ip mreq source function. The issue occurs because the function validates the length of the source argument using the byte length of the preceding multiadd...