Directory Traversal Affecting perl-sort package, versions <0:2.06-524.1.hum1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
12.77% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PERLSORT-20671233
  • published9 Oct 2026
  • disclosed29 Nov 2018

Introduced: 29 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-18312  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 perl-sort to version 0:2.06-524.1.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:7604.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-sort package and not the perl-sort package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Perl before 5.26.3 and 5.28.0 before 5.28.1 has a buffer overflow via a crafted regular expression that triggers invalid write operations.