Bug 2489785 - CVE-2026-8376 perl: Perl: Heap buffer overflow when compiling regular expressions on 32-bit builds [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-8376 perl: Perl: Heap buffer overflow when compiling regular express...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: perl
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jitka Plesnikova
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["ae5274a8-dafc-443f-8a72-3...
Depends On:
Blocks: CVE-2026-8376
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-06-17 08:15 UTC by Ganesh
Modified: 2026-08-08 01:27 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: perl-5.42.3-525.fc44 perl-5.42.3-524.fc43
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2026-08-05 00:57:42 UTC
Type: ---
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Description Ganesh 2026-06-17 08:15:53 UTC 
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-08-03 15:22:07 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-b2e2c26935 (perl-5.42.3-524.fc43, perl-Devel-Cover-1.51-4.fc43, and 1 more) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-b2e2c26935
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-08-03 15:22:42 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-475559cbb9 (perl-5.42.3-525.fc44, perl-Devel-Cover-1.52-4.fc44, and 2 more) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-475559cbb9
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-08-04 01:41:40 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-475559cbb9 has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-475559cbb9`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-475559cbb9

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2026-08-04 02:00:24 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-b2e2c26935 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-b2e2c26935`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-b2e2c26935

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-08-05 00:57:42 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-475559cbb9 (perl-5.42.3-525.fc44, perl-Devel-Cover-1.52-4.fc44, and 2 more) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-08-05 01:32:38 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-b2e2c26935 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-b2e2c26935`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-b2e2c26935

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2026-08-08 01:27:54 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-b2e2c26935 (perl-5.42.3-524.fc43, perl-Devel-Cover-1.51-4.fc43, and 2 more) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
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