High severity · published May 27, 2026
CVE-2026-48961
IO::Compress versions from 2.207 before 2.220 for Perl ship a zipdetails CLI tool that crashes with undefined subroutine on Info-ZIP Unix Extra Field with 8-byte UID or GID
7.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
IO::Compress versions from 2.207 before 2.220 for Perl ship a zipdetails CLI tool that crashes with undefined subroutine on Info-ZIP Unix Extra Field with 8-byte UID or GID.
When decode_ux() in bin/zipdetails handles an Info-ZIP Unix Extra Field (tag 0x7875) with UID Size or GID Size set to 8, causing zipdetails to decode an 8-byte UID or GID value, it dispatches through decodeLitteEndian(), which calls a misnamed helper unpackValueQ. The actual function defined in the same file is unpackValue_Q (with underscore); the call raises 'Undefined subroutine &main::unpackValueQ' and the script exits with status 255.
Library callers of IO::Compress and IO::Uncompress are not affected; the defect is in the bundled CLI tool.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
IO::Compress · PMQS
2.207 before 2.220 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48961
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-48961
github.com
https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/commit/33c89d03d6e746ed2ead4f2f6570d47864c61bc7.patch
metacpan.org
https://metacpan.org/release/PMQS/IO-Compress-2.220/changes
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/3
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