CVE catalog
CVE-2023-47038
perl: CVE-2023-47038
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.81% · Oct 25, 2026
A vulnerability was found in perl 5.30.0 through 5.38.0. This issue occurs when a crafted regular expression is compiled by perl, which can allow an attacker controlled byte buffer overflow in a heap allocated buffer.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | perl | sid | 5.42.3-1 | fixed |
| Debian | perl | forky | 5.42.3-1 | fixed |
| Debian | perl | trixie | 5.40.1-6+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | perl | bookworm | 5.36.0-7+deb12u3 | fixed |
| Debian | perl | bookworm-security | 5.36.0-7+deb12u4 | fixed |
| Alpine | perl | 3.15 | 5.34.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | perl | 3.16 | 5.34.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | perl | 3.17 | 5.36.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | perl | 3.18 | 5.36.2-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | perl | 3.19 | 5.38.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | perl | 3.20 | 5.38.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | perl | 3.21 | 5.38.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | perl | 3.22 | 5.38.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | perl | 3.23 | 5.38.1-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | perl | 3.24 | 5.38.1-r0 | fixed |
| Opensuse | perl | tumbleweed | 5.38.2-1.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | perl | source | sid | 5.36.0-10 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1056746] |
| Debian | perl | source | forky | 5.36.0-10 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1056746] |
| Debian | perl | source | trixie | 5.36.0-10 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1056746] |
| Debian | perl | source | bookworm | 5.36.0-7+deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1056746] |
| Alpine | perl | apk | 3.15 | 5.34.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-47038 | Not reported |
| Alpine | perl | apk | 3.16 | 5.34.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-47038 | Not reported |
| Alpine | perl | apk | 3.17 | 5.36.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-47038 | Not reported |
| Alpine | perl | apk | 3.18 | 5.36.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-47038 | Not reported |
| Alpine | perl | apk | 3.19 | 5.38.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-47038 | Not reported |
| Alpine | perl | apk | 3.20 | 5.38.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-47038 | Not reported |
| Alpine | perl | apk | 3.21 | 5.38.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-47038 | Not reported |
| Alpine | perl | apk | 3.22 | 5.38.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-47038 | Not reported |
| Alpine | perl | apk | 3.23 | 5.38.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-47038 | Not reported |
| Alpine | perl | apk | 3.24 | 5.38.1-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2023-47038 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | perl | rpm | tumbleweed | 5.38.2-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13479-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-915275.json]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_13479-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2023-47038]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-47038]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13479-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-47038]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2023/cve-2023-47038.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2024/wid-sec-w-2024-1226.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [CISA cybersecurity advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]