Issued at: 2026-07-05
Updated at: 2026-07-06
Synopsis
Important: perl-Archive-Tar security update
Description
Archive::Tar provides an object oriented mechanism for handling tar files. It provides class methods for quick and easy files handling while also allowing for the creation of tar file objects for custom manipulation. If you have the IO::Zlib module installed, Archive::Tar will also support compressed or gzipped tar files.
Security Fix(es):
* perl-archive-tar: perl-archive-tar: Path traversal via crafted symlinks allows arbitrary file access (CVE-2026-42496)
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.
Affected products
Rocky Linux 10 aarch64
Rocky Linux 10 ppc64le
Rocky Linux 10 riscv64
Rocky Linux 10 s390x
Rocky Linux 10 x86_64
Fixes
2481314
CVEs
CVE-2026-42496
Affected packages
Rocky Linux 10 aarch64 - AppStream
perl-Archive-Tar-0:3.02-512.el10_2.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-0:3.02-512.el10_2.1.src.rpm
Rocky Linux 10 ppc64le - AppStream
perl-Archive-Tar-0:3.02-512.el10_2.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-0:3.02-512.el10_2.1.src.rpm
Rocky Linux 10 riscv64 - AppStream
perl-Archive-Tar-0:3.02-512.el10_2.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-0:3.02-512.el10_2.1.src.rpm
Rocky Linux 10 s390x - AppStream
perl-Archive-Tar-0:3.02-512.el10_2.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-0:3.02-512.el10_2.1.src.rpm
Rocky Linux 10 x86_64 - AppStream
perl-Archive-Tar-0:3.02-512.el10_2.1.noarch.rpm
perl-Archive-Tar-0:3.02-512.el10_2.1.src.rpm