SUSE-SU-2026:22847-1: important: Security update for perl

Mon Jul 27 17:33:50 UTC 2026

# Security update for perl

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22847-1  
Release Date: 2026-07-22T08:44:23Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1266304
  * bsc#1266361
  * bsc#1268349
  * bsc#1271372
  * bsc#1271386

Cross-References:

  * CVE-2025-15649
  * CVE-2026-12087
  * CVE-2026-13221
  * CVE-2026-57432
  * CVE-2026-8376

CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2025-15649 ( SUSE ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2025-15649 ( NVD ):  5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2026-12087 ( SUSE ):  5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  * CVE-2026-12087 ( NVD ):  9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2026-13221 ( SUSE ):  8.7
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-13221 ( SUSE ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  * CVE-2026-13221 ( NVD ):  9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2026-13221 ( NVD ):  9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2026-57432 ( SUSE ):  8.7
    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-57432 ( SUSE ):  7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  * CVE-2026-57432 ( NVD ):  8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2026-57432 ( NVD ):  8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2026-8376 ( SUSE ):  5.9
    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2026-8376 ( SUSE ):  5.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
  * CVE-2026-8376 ( NVD ):  9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  * CVE-2026-8376 ( NVD ):  7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Products:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves five vulnerabilities can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for perl fixes the following issues:

  * CVE-2025-15649: `IO:Uncompress:Unzip` propagates uncaught exception when
    parsing zip header with malformed DOS date (bsc#1266361).
  * CVE-2026-8376: heap buffer overflow when compiling regular expressions with
    a repeated fixed string on 32-bit builds (bsc#1266304).
  * CVE-2026-12087: `Socket`'s `pack_ip_mreq_source()` can copy adjacent heap
    memory into the returned packed structure (bsc#1268349).
  * CVE-2026-57432: an integer overflow in `S_measure_struct` leads to an out-
    of-bounds heap read in `pack` and `unpack` (bsc#1271372).
  * CVE-2026-13221: regex trie branch-count overflow leads to silent false-
    positive/negative pattern matching (bsc#1271386).

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1321=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1321=1

## Package List:

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * perl-5.42.0-160000.3.1
    * perl-base-debuginfo-5.42.0-160000.3.1
    * perl-debugsource-5.42.0-160000.3.1
    * perl-debuginfo-5.42.0-160000.3.1
    * perl-base-5.42.0-160000.3.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch)
    * perl-doc-5.42.0-160000.3.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * perl-5.42.0-160000.3.1
    * perl-base-debuginfo-5.42.0-160000.3.1
    * perl-debuginfo-5.42.0-160000.3.1
    * perl-debugsource-5.42.0-160000.3.1
    * perl-base-5.42.0-160000.3.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (noarch)
    * perl-doc-5.42.0-160000.3.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-15649.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12087.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13221.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-57432.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8376.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266304
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266361
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268349
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271372
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271386

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