CVE-2018-12015
HIGH7.5EPSS 23.9%perl - security update
Published: 6/7/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
In Perl through 5.26.2, the Archive::Tar module allows remote attackers to bypass a directory-traversal protection mechanism, and overwrite arbitrary files, via an archive file containing a symlink and a regular file with the same name.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/perlfrom 0, < 5.26.2-r1
- Debian/perlfrom 0, < 5.26.2-6
- Debian/perlfrom 0, < 5.20.2-3+deb8u11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |