CWE-1395
Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component
The product has a dependency on a third-party component that contains one or more known vulnerabilities.
CVE-2026-4176 (GCVE-0-2026-4176)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-29 20:50 – Updated: 2026-03-30 15:35
VLAI
Title
Perl versions from 5.9.4 before 5.40.4-RC1, from 5.41.0 before 5.42.2-RC1, from 5.43.0 before 5.43.9 contain a vulnerable version of Compress::Raw::Zlib
Summary
Perl versions from 5.9.4 before 5.40.4-RC1, from 5.41.0 before 5.42.2-RC1, from 5.43.0 before 5.43.9 contain a vulnerable version of Compress::Raw::Zlib.
Compress::Raw::Zlib is included in the Perl package as a dual-life core module, and is vulnerable to CVE-2026-3381 due to a vendored version of zlib which has several vulnerabilities, including CVE-2026-27171. The bundled Compress::Raw::Zlib was updated to version 2.221 in Perl blead commit c75ae9cc164205e1b6d6dbd57bd2c65c8593fe94.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-1395 - Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3381 | vendor-advisoryrelatedvdb-entry |
| https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/… | vendor-advisory |
| https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/c75ae9cc1642… | patch |
| https://metacpan.org/release/PMQS/Compress-Raw-Zl… | release-notes |
| https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.40.4/changes | release-notes |
| https://metacpan.org/release/SHAY/perl-5.42.2/changes | release-notes |
Impacted products
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Mitigation
Phases: Requirements, Policy
Description:
- In some industries such as healthcare [REF-1320] [REF-1322] or technologies such as the cloud [REF-1321], it might be unclear about who is responsible for applying patches for third-party vulnerabilities: the vendor, the operator/customer, or a separate service. Clarifying roles and responsibilities can be important to minimize confusion or unnecessary delay when third-party vulnerabilities are disclosed.
Mitigation
Phase: Requirements
Description:
- Require a Bill of Materials for all components and sub-components of the product. For software, require a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) [REF-1247] [REF-1311].
Mitigation
Phases: Architecture and Design, Implementation, Integration, Manufacturing
Description:
- Maintain a Bill of Materials for all components and sub-components of the product. For software, maintain a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM). According to [REF-1247], "An SBOM is a formal, machine-readable inventory of software components and dependencies, information about those components, and their hierarchical relationships."
Mitigation
Phases: Operation, Patching and Maintenance
Description:
- Actively monitor when a third-party component vendor announces vulnerability patches; fix the third-party component as soon as possible; and make it easy for operators/customers to obtain and apply the patch.
Mitigation
Phases: Operation, Patching and Maintenance
Description:
- Continuously monitor changes in each of the product's components, especially when the changes indicate new vulnerabilities, end-of-life (EOL) plans, etc.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.