ALPINE-CVE-2026-4176
Perl versions from 5.9.4 before 5.40.4-RC1, from 5.41.0 before 5.42.2-RC1, from 5.43.0 before 5.43.9 contain a vulnerable version of Compress::Raw::Zlib. Compress::Raw::Zlib is included in the Perl package as a dual-life core module, and is vulnerable to CVE-2026-3381 due to a vendored version of zlib which has several vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-27171. The bundled Compress::Raw::Zlib was updated to version 2.221 in Perl blead commit c75ae9cc164205e1b6d6dbd57bd2c65c8593fe94.
ALPINE-CVE-2026-4176
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:ALPINE-CVE-2026-4176
perl
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 5.42.2-r0
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "5.9.4"
},
{
"fixed": "5.42.2-r0"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "perl",
"purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/perl?arch=source",
"ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.24"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-4176.json"
},
"ecosystem_specific": {}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #54362 · Revision 1
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- Publisher date