CVE-2026-42496
CriticalAdvisory
Published 26 May 2026In the index since 5 Sept 2026
- Severity
- Critical
- worst across findings
- CVSS
- 9.1
- base score, highest
- EPSS
- 0.004
- 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- no confirmed exploitation
- Charts affected
- 2,172
- of 17,803 indexed, latest versions
- Container images
- 2,109
- deployed by those charts
- Fix available
- 2 of 2
- affected packages
Important: perl-Archive-Tar security update
Carried by container images the latest versions of 2,172 of 17,803 indexed charts deploy, on 2,109 images.
| Affected package | Affected versions | Fixed in | Images |
|---|---|---|---|
| perldeb | 5.18.2-2ubuntu1, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.1, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4, 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+30 more | 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.7+esm7, 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm2, 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm2, 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.7+5 more | 2,107 |
| perl-Archive-Tarrpm | 2.38-6.el9, 2.38-6.el9.0.1 | 0:2.38-6.el9_8.1 | 2 |
- OSV records
- DEBIAN-CVE-2026-42496UBUNTU-CVE-2026-42496RLSA-2026:30856ECHO-1732-bcf6-7970
- Also known as
- USN-8467-1
Charts affected
2,172 by stars
Container images carrying it
2,109 by charts deploying them
A fixed version is listed for 2 of the 2 affected packages.
| Container image | Digest | Package | Fixed in | Used by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| public.ecr.aws/ | f7567ce3419d | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| public.ecr.aws/ | 86380a01587d | perl | 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.3 | 1 |
| public.ecr.aws/ | efcecf98b912 | perl | 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm2 | 1 |
| public.ecr.aws/ | 573779e57fae | perl | 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm2 | 1 |
| public.ecr.aws/ | f74851ce31f5 | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 70fd7c00418d | perl | 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.7 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 578934444f04 | perl | 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.7 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 5b6701d8fb31 | perl | 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.7 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 95b5cf7ba6fe | perl | 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.3 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | a36ab0c0860c | perl | 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.3 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | acaf37352569 | perl | 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.7 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | daf2e7650d61 | perl | 5.40.1-6+deb13u1 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 351d6685dc6f | perl | 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.7 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 858f807ea4e2 | perl | 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.3 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | cdcfab5b4466 | perl | 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.3 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 60031f396695 | perl | 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.3 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 7932d656b63f | perl | 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.3 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | a9f835d1b241 | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 935f97598255 | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| quay.io/ | d9f0bec83ef0 | perl | 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.7 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | a2d3a4c67b0f | perl | 5.26.1-6ubuntu0.7+esm2 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 60950ef63764 | perl | 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.7 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 93889c3d8a34 | perl | 5.34.0-3ubuntu1.7 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 2c324c9789f5 | perl | 5.40.1-6+deb13u1 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 8a1361fa38c1 | perl-Archive-Tar | 0:2.38-6.el9_8.1 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | b3a5806d73b5 | perl-Archive-Tar | 0:2.38-6.el9_8.1 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 108fbb01c3fe | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 113e372cf71b | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 92f883d09270 | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 65e1b09fc8c9 | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 099715479210 | perl | 5.40.1-6+deb13u1 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 2169032c5840 | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 04f1099241fc | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 9ff01f642e2b | perl | 5.40.1-6+deb13u1 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 3408107e5cc4 | perl | 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.3 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | d8f66f4117fe | perl | 5.40.1-6+deb13u1 | 1 |
| quay.io/ | b406475f9f00 | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| quay.io/ | 56399619568b | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| quay.io/ | e0d9b93dbf2b | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| registry.gitlab.com/ | 166a06f73d8c | perl | 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.3 | 1 |
| registry.gitlab.com/ | b6c44d969163 | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| registry.gitlab.com/ | 9bd5d93aaff7 | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| registry.gitlab.com/ | 564718e28931 | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| registry.gitlab.com/ | df842ed79211 | perl | 5.40.1-6+deb13u1 | 1 |
| registry.gitlab.com/ | 66353ce9bf98 | perl | 5.40.1-6+deb13u1 | 1 |
| registry.gitlab.com/ | 0e3cd8c7776d | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| registry.gitlab.com/ | 5a9334f371f3 | perl | no fix listed | 1 |
| registry.gitlab.com/ | 5b7636dfba3f | perl | 5.40.1-6+deb13u1 | 1 |
| registry.gitlab.com/ | f6385712935f | perl | 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.5+esm2 | 1 |
| registry.gitlab.com/ | d76185d7270d | perl | no fix listed | 1 |