Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:49524 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-08-03 Updated: 2026-08-03 RHSA-2026:49524 - 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: Denial of Service via crafted tar header with large entry size (CVE-2026-9538) 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 - 2481315 - CVE-2026-9538 perl-Archive-Tar: perl-Archive-Tar: Denial of Service via crafted tar header with large entry size CVEs CVE-2026-9538 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-2.30-3.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: fbbb7e8c6add3627605d4d3059a9b1260deed3a5e04ff8ee96bc7306cdce36db x86_64 perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e791a05456ec278e2b89358844ce68a9596df7ae0303b2c1a006720ec5d91c42 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: fbbb7e8c6add3627605d4d3059a9b1260deed3a5e04ff8ee96bc7306cdce36db s390x perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e791a05456ec278e2b89358844ce68a9596df7ae0303b2c1a006720ec5d91c42 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: fbbb7e8c6add3627605d4d3059a9b1260deed3a5e04ff8ee96bc7306cdce36db ppc64le perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e791a05456ec278e2b89358844ce68a9596df7ae0303b2c1a006720ec5d91c42 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: fbbb7e8c6add3627605d4d3059a9b1260deed3a5e04ff8ee96bc7306cdce36db aarch64 perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e791a05456ec278e2b89358844ce68a9596df7ae0303b2c1a006720ec5d91c42 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: fbbb7e8c6add3627605d4d3059a9b1260deed3a5e04ff8ee96bc7306cdce36db x86_64 perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e791a05456ec278e2b89358844ce68a9596df7ae0303b2c1a006720ec5d91c42 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: fbbb7e8c6add3627605d4d3059a9b1260deed3a5e04ff8ee96bc7306cdce36db aarch64 perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e791a05456ec278e2b89358844ce68a9596df7ae0303b2c1a006720ec5d91c42 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: fbbb7e8c6add3627605d4d3059a9b1260deed3a5e04ff8ee96bc7306cdce36db ppc64le perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e791a05456ec278e2b89358844ce68a9596df7ae0303b2c1a006720ec5d91c42 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 8.10 SRPM perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.src.rpm SHA-256: fbbb7e8c6add3627605d4d3059a9b1260deed3a5e04ff8ee96bc7306cdce36db s390x perl-Archive-Tar-2.30-3.el8_10.noarch.rpm SHA-256: e791a05456ec278e2b89358844ce68a9596df7ae0303b2c1a006720ec5d91c42 The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ .