MEDIUM 5.7 Microsoft
CVE-2026-8376
Perl versions through 5.43.10 have a heap buffer overflow when compiling regular expressions with a repeated fixed string on 32-bit builds
Microsoft Security Update 2026-May: Perl versions through 5.43.10 have a heap buffer overflow when compiling regular expressions with a repeated fixed string on 32-bit builds
Affected Products
- azl3 perl 5.38.2-509 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 perl 5.38.2-512 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-8376
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8376
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.7 was published on 2026-05-12 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 perl 5.38.2-509 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 perl 5.38.2-512 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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