<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../assets/feed.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>PatchTheCVE: archive\</title><link>https://patchthecve.com/</link><description>CVEs with upgrade or downgrade fix steps</description><item><title>CVE-2026-9538: Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in</title><link>https://patchthecve.com/cve/CVE-2026-9538.html</link><guid>https://patchthecve.com/cve/CVE-2026-9538.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:10:00 +0000</pubDate><description>HIGH 7.5: Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header.

_read_tar() reads each entry&#x27;s payload with $handle-&gt;read($$data, $block), where $block is derived from the entry&#x27;s 12-byte size field in the tar header with no upper bound on </description></item><item><title>CVE-2026-42497: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract hardlinks to attacker controlled paths outside the extracti</title><link>https://patchthecve.com/cve/CVE-2026-42497.html</link><guid>https://patchthecve.com/cve/CVE-2026-42497.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:10:00 +0000</pubDate><description>HIGH 7.5: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract hardlinks to attacker controlled paths outside the extraction directory.

_make_special_file() passes the tar header&#x27;s linkname to link() without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments, creating a hardlink that shares the victim file&#x27;s </description></item><item><title>CVE-2026-42496: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extra</title><link>https://patchthecve.com/cve/CVE-2026-42496.html</link><guid>https://patchthecve.com/cve/CVE-2026-42496.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 10:10:00 +0000</pubDate><description>CRITICAL 9.1: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory.

_make_special_file() passes the tar header&#x27;s linkname to symlink() without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The secure-extract mode check that guards re</description></item></channel></rss>