Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:30852 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-06-29 Updated: 2026-06-29 RHSA-2026:30852 - Security Advisory Overview Updated Packages Synopsis Important: perl-Archive-Tar security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory. View affected systems Topic An update for perl-Archive-Tar is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Description Archive::Tar provides an object oriented mechanism for handling tar files. It provides class methods for quick and easy files handling while also allowing for the creation of tar file objects for custom manipulation. If you have the IO::Zlib module installed, Archive::Tar will also support compressed or gzipped tar files. Security Fix(es): perl-archive-tar: perl-archive-tar: Path traversal via crafted symlinks allows arbitrary file access (CVE-2026-42496) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Solution For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Affected Products Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 aarch64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 ppc64le Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 s390x Fixes BZ - 2481314 - CVE-2026-42496 perl-archive-tar: perl-archive-tar: Path traversal via crafted symlinks allows arbitrary file access CVEs CVE-2026-42496 References https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details. Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 2ff871f8bb49e43a722f2be5d4fbda8b4e4e79e91da4818f927cf5cc96aefbcb x86_64 perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 5b94f4ec6ce3e3e2d7555367b10769493be6de4b324dbd78bad04119804e50d8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 2ff871f8bb49e43a722f2be5d4fbda8b4e4e79e91da4818f927cf5cc96aefbcb s390x perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 5b94f4ec6ce3e3e2d7555367b10769493be6de4b324dbd78bad04119804e50d8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 2ff871f8bb49e43a722f2be5d4fbda8b4e4e79e91da4818f927cf5cc96aefbcb ppc64le perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 5b94f4ec6ce3e3e2d7555367b10769493be6de4b324dbd78bad04119804e50d8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 2ff871f8bb49e43a722f2be5d4fbda8b4e4e79e91da4818f927cf5cc96aefbcb aarch64 perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 5b94f4ec6ce3e3e2d7555367b10769493be6de4b324dbd78bad04119804e50d8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 2ff871f8bb49e43a722f2be5d4fbda8b4e4e79e91da4818f927cf5cc96aefbcb x86_64 perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 5b94f4ec6ce3e3e2d7555367b10769493be6de4b324dbd78bad04119804e50d8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 2ff871f8bb49e43a722f2be5d4fbda8b4e4e79e91da4818f927cf5cc96aefbcb aarch64 perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 5b94f4ec6ce3e3e2d7555367b10769493be6de4b324dbd78bad04119804e50d8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 2ff871f8bb49e43a722f2be5d4fbda8b4e4e79e91da4818f927cf5cc96aefbcb ppc64le perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 5b94f4ec6ce3e3e2d7555367b10769493be6de4b324dbd78bad04119804e50d8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: 2ff871f8bb49e43a722f2be5d4fbda8b4e4e79e91da4818f927cf5cc96aefbcb s390x perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-2.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 5b94f4ec6ce3e3e2d7555367b10769493be6de4b324dbd78bad04119804e50d8 The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ .