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Last modified 35 minutes ago

#5898 new enhancement

perl-5.42.2

Reported by: Bruce Dubbs Owned by: lfs-book
Priority: high Milestone: 13.1
Component: Book Version: git
Severity: normal Keywords:
Cc:

Description

New point version.

Change History (2)

comment:1 by Bruce Dubbs, 39 minutes ago

Priority: normal → high

[CVE-2026-4176] Vulnerability in Compress::Raw::Zlib

Compress::Raw::Zlib is included in Perl as a dual-life core module, and was vulnerable to [CVE-2026-3381 <​https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3381>] due to a vendored version of zlib which had several vulnerabilities, including [CVE-2026-27171 <​https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-27171>].

comment:2 by Bruce Dubbs, 35 minutes ago

Incompatible Changes

There are no changes intentionally incompatible with 5.42.1. If any exist, they are bugs, and we request that you submit a report. See "Reporting Bugs" below.

Modules and Pragmata

Updated Modules and Pragmata

  • Compress::Raw::Zlib has been upgraded from version 2.213 to 2.222.
  • Module::CoreList has been upgraded from version 5.20260308 to

5.20260329_42.

Changes to Existing Documentation

We have attempted to update the documentation to reflect the changes listed in this document. If you find any we have missed, open an issue at <​https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues>.

Testing

Tests were added and changed to reflect the other additions and changes in this release.

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