CVE-2026-48961
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEUEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
IO::Compress versions from 2.207 before 2.220 for Perl ship a zipdetails CLI tool that crashes with undefined subroutine on Info-ZIP Unix Extra Field with 8-byte UID or GID. When decode_ux() in bin/zipdetails handles an Info-ZIP Unix Extra Field (tag 0x7875) with UID Size or GID Size set to 8, causing zipdetails to decode an 8-byte UID or GID value, it dispatches through decodeLitteEndian(), which calls a misnamed helper unpackValueQ. The actual function defined in the same file is unpackValue_Q (with underscore); the call raises 'Undefined subroutine &main::unpackValueQ' and the script exits with status 255. Library callers of IO::Compress and IO::Uncompress are not affected; the defect is in the bundled CLI tool.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.7–7.3
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references (9)
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/3cnnvd
- https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/commit/33c89d03d6e746ed2ead4f2f6570d47864c61bc7.patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://metacpan.org/release/PMQS/IO-Compress-2.220/changescnnvd
- https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/commit/33c89d03d6e746ed2ead4f2f6570d47864c61bc7.patchenisa_euvd
- https://metacpan.org/release/PMQS/IO-Compress-2.220/changesenisa_euvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/3nvd
- https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/commit/33c89d03d6e746ed2ead4f2f6570d47864c61bc7.patchnvd
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