Medium: perl-XML-LibXML

Issue Overview: XML::LibXML versions through 2.0210 for Perl read out-of-bounds heap memory when parsing XML node names containing truncated UTF-8 byte sequences. A node name ending in the middle of a multi byte UTF-8 sequence causes the parser to read past the end of the input string into adjace...

Important: perl-Archive-Tar

Issue Overview: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. makespecialfile passes the tar header's linkname to symlink without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The secure-extract mode check tha...

Important: perl-Archive-Tar

Issue Overview: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. makespecialfile passes the tar header's linkname to symlink without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The secure-extract mode check tha...

Medium: perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5

Issue Overview: Crypt::PasswdMD5 versions through 1.42 for Perl generates insecure random values for salts. The built-in rand function is predictable, and unsuitable for cryptography. CVE-2026-6659 Affected Packages: perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5 Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 AL2 Cor...

Medium: perl-HTTP-Tiny

Issue Overview: HTTP::Tiny versions before 0.093 for Perl do not validate CRLF in HTTP request lines or control field header values. The unvalidated inputs are the method and URI in the request line, the URL host that becomes the Host: header, and HTTP/1.1 control data field values. An attacker w...

Amazon Linux 2023 : perl-HTTP-Daemon, perl-HTTP-Daemon-tests (ALAS2023-2026-1794)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1794 advisory. HTTP::Daemon versions before 6.17 for Perl allow OS command injection via sendfile. sendfile opens its string argument with Perl's 2-arg open. The 2-arg form interprets magic prefixes: '| cmd' and 'cmd...

Amazon Linux 2023 : perl-Crypt-PasswdMD5 (ALAS2023-2026-1796)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1796 advisory. Crypt::PasswdMD5 versions through 1.42 for Perl generates insecure random values for salts. The built-in rand function is predictable, and unsuitable for cryptography. CVE-2026-6659 Tenable has extract...

Amazon Linux 2 : perl-HTTP-Daemon, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3341 (ALAS-2026-3341)

The version of perl-HTTP-Daemon installed on the remote host is prior to 6.01-8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3341 advisory. HTTP::Daemon versions before 6.17 for Perl allow OS command injection via sendfile. sendfile opens its string argument with...

TencentOS Server 4: perl-IO-Compress (TSSA-2026:0426)

The version of Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TSSA-2026:0426 advisory. Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:...

Amazon Linux 2 : perl-HTTP-Tiny, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3326 (ALAS-2026-3326)

The version of perl-HTTP-Tiny installed on the remote host is prior to 0.033-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3326 advisory. HTTP::Tiny versions before 0.093 for Perl do not validate CRLF in HTTP request lines or control field header values. The...

Amazon Linux 2 : perl-Archive-Tar, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3347 (ALAS-2026-3347)

The version of perl-Archive-Tar installed on the remote host is prior to 1.92-3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3347 advisory. Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extractio...

Amazon Linux 2023 : perl-Template-Toolkit (ALAS2023-2026-1797)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1797 advisory. emplate::Plugin::HTML versions through 3.102 for Perl allows HTML and JavaScript to be injected. The htmlfilter function did not escape single quotes. HTML attributes inside of single quotes could be...

Amazon Linux 2 : perl, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3352 (ALAS-2026-3352)

The version of perl installed on the remote host is prior to 5.16.3-299. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3352 advisory. Buffer overflow in Perlstudychunk CVE-2026-8376 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested...

HTML::Entities versions before 3.84 for Perl read freed heap memory in _decode_entities

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[SECURITY] Fedora 43 Update: perl-CryptX-0.089-1.fc43

This Perl library provides a cryptography based on LibTomCrypt library...

[SECURITY] Fedora 44 Update: perl-CryptX-0.089-1.fc44

This Perl library provides a cryptography based on LibTomCrypt library...

Fedora 44 : perl-CryptX (2026-2158c96917)

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-2158c96917 advisory. Fixes CVE-2026-41565 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for th...

Fedora 43 : perl-CryptX (2026-2ef4c0c642)

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-2ef4c0c642 advisory. Fixes CVE-2026-41565 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Note that Nessus has not tested for th...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-15646

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - HTML::Gumbo versions before 0.19 for Perl disclose heap memory via type confusion. Support for the element was added to libgumbo 0.10.0 in 2015, but the walktre...

CVE-2026-11362

DataDog::DogStatsd versions through 0.07 for Perl allow metric injections from event tags. DataDog::DogStatsd does not properly sanitise input, allowing metric injections of data from untrusted sources. The formatevent method used by the event method does not validate the content of the tags, whi...