Bug#1137345: perl: CVE-2026-8376

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: perl
Version: 5.40.1-7
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24433
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for perl.

No urgency here, but filling a bug for reference.

CVE-2026-8376[0]:
| Buffer overflow in Perl_study_chunk


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-8376
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8376
[1] https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/24433

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore