Perl: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service
WID-SEC-2026-2362 · first 15.07.2026 · updated 18.09.2026 · CVSS 7,5
What it is about
Perl ist eine freie, plattformunabhängige und interpretierte Programmiersprache (Skriptsprache). Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Perl ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
Under what conditions?
Over the network and without logging in. This is the most dangerous combination: attackers can scan reachable devices automatically.
What can happen in the worst case
An attacker could use the vulnerability to
- einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen
Am I affected?
Affected according to the BSI:
- Dell NetWorker
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Dell Avamar
- RESF Rocky Linux
- Oracle Linux
- Open Source Perl
The installed version is usually shown under “Help → About” or in the device’s admin interface.
What helps?
Install the updates provided by the vendor; details in the sources below.
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)
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:39547 vom 2026-07-14 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:39553 vom 2026-07-14 access.redhat.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-39553 vom 2026-07-15 linux.oracle.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:39547 vom 2026-07-15 errata.build.resf.org
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:39878 vom 2026-07-15 access.redhat.com
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:39878 vom 2026-07-16 errata.build.resf.org
- Rocky Linux Security Advisory RLSA-2026:39553 vom 2026-07-15 errata.build.resf.org
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-39878 vom 2026-07-16 linux.oracle.com
- Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-39547 vom 2026-07-21 linux.oracle.com
- Dell Security Advisory DSA-2026-313 vom 2026-09-04 www.dell.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:68688 vom 2026-09-17 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:68685 vom 2026-09-17 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:68632 vom 2026-09-17 access.redhat.com
- Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2026:68693 vom 2026-09-17 access.redhat.com
CVE: CVE-2026-8177
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.