Description
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.
Published: 2026-03-29
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KEV: No
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to Perl stable release 5.40.4 or 5.42.2 or later, which include Compress::Raw::Zlib 2.222.


Vendor Workaround

Install Compress::Raw::Zlib 2.220 or later into your @INC include path, so it takes precedence over the vulnerable core module shipped with Perl. Some OS distributions patch their perl package to build Compress::Raw::Zlib against the system zlib rather than the vendored copy. Users of these distributions may not be affected if their system zlib has been updated to 1.3.2 or later, or includes backported patches for the relevant vulnerabilities.

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Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title 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
Weaknesses CWE-1395
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-29T20:50:51.058Z

Reserved: 2026-03-14T16:17:19.077Z

Link: CVE-2026-4176

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-29T21:16:15.717

Modified: 2026-03-29T21:16:15.717

Link: CVE-2026-4176

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