{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {},
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Alpine:v3.24",
        "name": "perl",
        "purl": "pkg:apk/alpine/perl?arch=source"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.42.3-r0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory.\n\n_make_special_file() passes the tar header's linkname to symlink() without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The secure-extract mode check that guards regular file extraction does not cover the symlink target.\n\nA subsequent open through the extracted name reads or writes the attacker chosen path.",
  "id": "ALPINE-CVE-2026-42496",
  "modified": "2026-11-03T19:18:10.910356456Z",
  "published": "2026-05-26T02:16:40.130Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-42496"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-42496"
  ]
}