What is "perl"?

🐪 The Perl programming language

How to use this package

Quick install

Installs the package into the current environment for this session. Use --build or --runtime to persist it as a build-time or runtime dependency.

min add perl

Declare as a task dependency in minimal.toml

Listing the package under tasks.<name>.packages makes it available inside that task’s sandbox.

[tasks.dev]
packages = ["perl"]

Build-time vs runtime

Choose build-time for tools needed during compilation, runtime for dynamic libraries loaded at runtime.

min add --build perl
min add --runtime perl

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Dependencies (18)

Dependencies
Name	Version	Kind
bash-bootstrap	5.3	build
binutils CVE:12	2.47	build
bzip2	1.0.8	build
coreutils	9.12	build
diffutils	3.12	build
file	5.48	build
findutils	4.11.0	build
gawk-bootstrap	5.4.1	build
gcc	15.2.0	build
glibc	2.44	runtime
grep	3.12	build
gzip	1.15	build
linux_headers	6.12.43	build
make	4.4.1	build
sed	4.10	build
tar CVE:2	1.35	build
xz	5.8.4	build
zlib CVE:2	1.3.2	runtime

Dependency changes

Dependants (42)

Dependants
Name	Version
autoconf	2.73
automake	1.18.1
binutils CVE:12	2.47
bun CVE:1	1.3.14
cbmc	6.11.0
check	0.15.2
classpath-devel	0.99.e7c13ee0
coreutils	9.12
curl	8.23.0
dnsutils	9.20.30
gcc	15.2.0
ghc	9.10.3
ghc-bootstrap	9.8.1
glibc	2.44
gmp	6.3.0
grep	3.12
groff	1.24.1
gurk	0.10.2
htop	3.5.3
icedtea-7	2.6.13
icedtea-8	3.19.0
libaom	3.15.0
libcap-ng	0.9.6
libkrunfw	5.6.2
liburcu	0.15.6
libuv	1.53.0
libvpx	1.17.0
libxcrypt	4.5.2
make	4.4.1
maki	0.6.4
mono	6.12.0.206
mpc	1.4.1
mpfr	4.2.2
nss	3.132
openssl	3.6.5
pcre2	10.49
postgres	18.6
stow	2.4.1
tmux	3.8
unibilium	2.1.4
virtio-linux	6.12.114
virtio-linux-detonation	6.18.58

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Showing 4 advisories, 2 of which are transitive via perl's dependencies

Security advisories for this package
	Status	IDs	Package	Version	Severity	Published
Critical (0)
High (3)
	Status	IDs	Package	Version	Severity	Published
	Under investigation	CVE-2026-82560	perl	5.42.0 – 5.44.0	High: 7.5	last month
Summary Pod::Text versions before 6.1.1 for Perl allow CPU and memory exhaustion formatting a POD document whose =over nesting drives the margin to the output width Affected ranges 5.42.0 – 5.44.0 CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H References Advisory: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/82xxx/CVE-2026-82560.json, https://metacpan.org/release/RRA/podlators-v6.1.1/changes, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82560 Fix: https://github.com/rra/podlators/commit/70510174f69eb54aa6d617bde4e1402cd9b7c61f.patch Web: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/19/6, https://cpan.org/modules, https://metacpan.org/release/RRA/podlators-v6.1.0/source/lib/Pod/Text.pm#L245-261 PACKAGE: https://github.com/Perl/perl5, https://github.com/rra/podlators
	Affected: 1.3.2	CVE-2026-85091	zlib	1.3.2	High	2 months ago
Summary zlib 1.3.1.2 through 1.3.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via gz_vacate Via zlib Affected ranges 1.3.2 References Advisory: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/85xxx/CVE-2026-85091.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85091, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zlib-1.3.1.2-through-1.3.2-heap-buffer-overflow-via-gz-vacate Evidence: https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/e0b9481792afb7c31e86fee1ff084490 PACKAGE: https://github.com/madler/zlib ARTICLE: https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/v1.3.2/gzwrite.c#L393
	Under investigation	GHSA-g84c-rxfj-3j2c CVE-2026-76844	zlib	1.3 – 1.3.2	High	2 months ago
Summary zlib 1.2.11 through 1.3.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via Stale gzwrite Pointer After Failed Write Via zlib Affected ranges 1.3 – 1.3.2 References Advisory: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/76xxx/CVE-2026-76844.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76844, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zlib-1.3.1.2-through-1.3.2-heap-buffer-overflow-via-gz-vacate Fix: https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/df84af25dc1942490e1d1c899a07619152a46148 Evidence: https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/e0b9481792afb7c31e86fee1ff084490 PACKAGE: https://github.com/madler/zlib ARTICLE: https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/v1.3.2/gzwrite.c#L393
Medium (1)
	Status	IDs	Package	Version	Severity	Published
	Under investigation	CVE-2026-15534	perl	5.42.0 – 5.44.0	Medium: 5.7	3 months ago
Summary Perl versions through 5.45.1 have out-of-bounds heap reads and writes during regular expression matching via an undersized superlinear cache in S_regmatch Affected ranges 5.42.0 – 5.44.0 CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H References Advisory: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/15xxx/CVE-2026-15534.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15534 Fix: https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/54cf3d44cbbedd17d774e9a37921963e8fd5d0cb.patch, https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/568e6fd238867bb9e99fa3f47cba3169009239e0.patch Web: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/09/12, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/09/13, https://cpan.org/modules PACKAGE: https://github.com/Perl/perl5
Low (0)
	Status	IDs	Package	Version	Severity	Published
Unknown (0)
	Status	IDs	Package	Version	Severity	Published

Build provenance

For the signed record of what the build used, see the Provenance tab.

45 components

Software Bill of Materials — every package this build depends on
Packages	Version	Repository	License
perlROOT	5.44.0	github.com/Perl/perl5	Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later
acl	2.4.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/acl-2.4.0.tar.xzMIRROR	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
attr	2.6.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/attr-2.6.0.tar.gzMIRROR	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
bash	5.3	www.gnu.org/software/bash	GPL-3.0-only
bash-bootstrap	5.3	www.gnu.org/software/bash	GPL-3.0-only
binutils	2.47	www.gnu.org/software/binutils	(GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-only)
bison	3.8.2	www.gnu.org/software/bison	GPL-3.0-only
bzip2	1.0.8	github.com/libarchive/bzip2	bzip2-1.0.6
coreutils	9.12	www.gnu.org/software/coreutils	GPL-3.0-only
diffutils	3.12	www.gnu.org/software/diffutils	GPL-3.0-only
expat	2.9.0	github.com/libexpat/libexpat	MIT
file	5.48	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/file-5.48.tar.gzMIRROR	BSD-2-Clause-Darwin
findutils	4.11.0	www.gnu.org/software/findutils	GPL-3.0-only
flex	2.6.4	github.com/westes/flex	BSD-3-Clause-flex
gawk	5.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/gawk	GPL-3.0-only
gawk-bootstrap	5.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/gawk	GPL-3.0-only
gcc	15.2.0	www.gnu.org/software/gcc	(GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
gdbm	1.26	www.gnu.org/software/gdbm	GPL-3.0-only
glibc	2.44	www.gnu.org/software/glibc	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
gmp	6.3.0	www.gnu.org/software/gmp	LGPL-3.0-or-later OR GPL-2.0-or-later
grep	3.12	www.gnu.org/software/grep	GPL-3.0-only
gzip	1.15	www.gnu.org/software/gzip	GPL-3.0-only
libcap	2.78	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/libcap-2.78.tar.xzMIRROR	BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
libffi	3.8.0	github.com/libffi/libffi	MIT
linux_headers	6.12.43	github.com/torvalds/linux	GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note
lz4	1.10.0	github.com/lz4/lz4	BSD-2-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
m4	1.4.21	www.gnu.org/software/m4	GPL-3.0-only
make	4.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/make	GPL-3.0-only
mpc	1.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/mpc	LGPL-3.0-or-later
mpfr	4.2.2	www.gnu.org/software/mpfr	GPL-3.0-only
ncurses	6.6	www.gnu.org/software/ncurses	X11-distribute-modifications-variant
openssl	3.6.5	github.com/openssl/openssl	Apache-2.0
patch	2.8	www.gnu.org/software/patch	GPL-3.0-only
pcre2	10.49	github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2	BSD-3-Clause WITH PCRE2-exception
pkgconf	3.0.5	github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf	ISC
python	3.14.9	github.com/python/cpython	Python-2.0.1
readline	8.3	www.gnu.org/software/readline	GPL-3.0-only
sed	4.10	www.gnu.org/software/sed	GPL-3.0-only
sqlite	3.54.0	github.com/sqlite/sqlite	blessing
tar	1.35	www.gnu.org/software/tar	GPL-3.0-only
tzdata	2026e	github.com/eggert/tz	LicenseRef-Public-Domain
util-linux	2.42.4	github.com/util-linux/util-linux	GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause
xz	5.8.4	github.com/tukaani-project/xz	(0BSD AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
zlib	1.3.2	github.com/madler/zlib	Zlib
zstd	1.5.7	github.com/facebook/zstd	BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only

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