Mageia alert MGASA-2026-0320 (perl-Unicode-LineBreak)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2026-0320: Updated perl-Unicode-LineBreak package fixes a security vulnerability
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Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:48:13 +0200
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Article
MGASA-2026-0320 - Updated perl-Unicode-LineBreak package fixes a security vulnerability

Publication date: 03 Aug 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0320.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 10, 9
CVE: CVE-2026-8594

Description:
The updated package fixes a security vulnerability:
Text::LineFold versions through 2019.001 for Perl duplicate the output
based on the number of special break characters. (CVE-2026-8594)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35612
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/30/6
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8594

SRPMS:
- 10/core/perl-Unicode-LineBreak-2019.1.0-13.1.mga10
- 9/core/perl-Unicode-LineBreak-2019.1.0-9.1.mga9