Perl: Schwachstelle ermöglicht nicht spezifizierten Angriff
WID-SEC-2026-1663 · first 26.05.2026 · updated 05.10.2026 · CVSS 7,3
What it is about
Perl ist eine freie, plattformunabhängige und interpretierte Programmiersprache (Skriptsprache). Ein Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Perl ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
Under what conditions?
The BSI does not name any particular preconditions. Exploitable remotely according to the BSI.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- IBM AIX 7.3
- IBM VIOS 4.1
- Debian Linux
- Amazon Linux 2
- IBM AIX 7.2
- Ubuntu Linux
- SUSE Linux
- Open Source Perl <=5.43.10
- SUSE openSUSE
- Dell Secure Connect Gateway <5.36.00.16
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Update to at least:
- Open Source Perl <=5.43.10
- Dell Secure Connect Gateway 5.36.00.16
Is the vulnerability already being exploited?
None of the CVEs is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities. That does not mean there are no attacks, only that none are documented.
Information and sources
- Original BSI advisory (WID)
- Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8467-2 vom 2026-07-02 ubuntu.com
- oss-sec mailing list vom 2026-05-25 seclists.org
- Github Patch vom 2026-05-25 github.com
- EUVD Security Advisory vom 2026-05-25 euvd.enisa.europa.eu
- Amazon Linux Security Advisory ALAS2-2026-3352 vom 2026-06-09 alas.aws.amazon.com
- openSUSE Security Update OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21411-1 vom 2026-07-24 lists.opensuse.org
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:22847-1 vom 2026-07-27 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:22929-1 vom 2026-07-28 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:3540-1 vom 2026-08-11 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:3558-1 vom 2026-08-11 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:23008-1 vom 2026-08-12 lists.suse.com
- SUSE Security Update SUSE-SU-2026:23075-1 vom 2026-08-14 lists.suse.com
- Dell Security Advisory DSA-2026-386 vom 2026-09-01 www.dell.com
- IBM Security Bulletin 7289720 vom 2026-09-28 aix.software.ibm.com
- Debian Security Advisory DLA-4821 vom 2026-10-05 lists.debian.org
CVE: CVE-2026-8376
Source: BSI warning and information service (CERT-Bund); CISA. The assessment of the conditions is my reading of the BSI text; the external pages are in their original language.