[NEW] [medium] Perl: Vulnerability allows denial of service
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Perl to conduct a denial of service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability allows a remote, anonymous attacker to conduct a denial of service attack.
- Who is affected
- Users of Perl are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium priority as it may lead to service disruption.
- Action
- Apply the latest updates for Perl.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2362
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-81770.63% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 47% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-8177 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Perl
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- unknownCVE-2026-18536: Data::Entropy versions before 0.010 for Perl read remote entropy sources over plain HTTP. The …nvd · 2026-08-01
- medium[NEW] [medium] Red Hat Enterprise Linux (perl-Archive-Tar, httplib2): Multiple vulnerabilities allow denial of…cert-bund · 2026-07-31
- highCVE-2026-60075: Date::Manip versions through 6.99 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic backtracking in …nvd · 2026-07-30
- highCVE-2026-60074: Date::Manip versions through 6.99 for Perl return corrupted dates via non-ASCII decimal digits…nvd · 2026-07-30
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Red Hat Enterprise Linux (perl-IO-Compress): Vulnerability allows executing arbitrary progra…cert-bund · 2026-07-30
- medium[NEW] [medium] Perl: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-29
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