diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/files/CVE-2026-42496.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/files/CVE-2026-42496.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae370340cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/files/CVE-2026-42496.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+From edde2083c6e93e42b979068af5529710b5e2a7ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Stig Palmquist <stig@stig.io>
+Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 19:59:21 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Validate symlink and hardlink linkname in SECURE MODE
+
+Archive::Tar before 3.08 passes the tar header's linkname directly to
+symlink()/link() in _make_special_file() without validating absolute
+paths or '..' segments. This allows a crafted tar archive to create
+symlinks or hardlinks targeting paths outside the extraction directory,
+leading to arbitrary file read/write.
+
+Add validation in SECURE EXTRACT MODE (the default) to reject:
+- Symlink/hardlink targets with absolute paths
+- Symlink/hardlink targets containing '..' path traversal
+
+Adjusted patch paths from upstream Archive::Tar standalone repository
+(lib/Archive/Tar.pm) to match perl5 source tree layout
+(cpan/Archive-Tar/lib/Archive/Tar.pm).
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/jib/archive-tar-new/commit/17c873492a05eddc0de18c1485e0b2cccd5a9158]
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-42496
+CVE: CVE-2026-42497
+
+Signed-off-by: Chris 'BinGOs' Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>
+Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bachiphale <Abhishek.Bachiphale@windriver.com>
+---
+ cpan/Archive-Tar/lib/Archive/Tar.pm     | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ cpan/Archive-Tar/t/04_resolved_issues.t |  2 ++
+ 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/cpan/Archive-Tar/lib/Archive/Tar.pm b/cpan/Archive-Tar/lib/Archive/Tar.pm
+index 2df0931..733feef 100644
+--- a/cpan/Archive-Tar/lib/Archive/Tar.pm
++++ b/cpan/Archive-Tar/lib/Archive/Tar.pm
+@@ -954,6 +954,19 @@ sub _make_special_file {
+     my $err;
+ 
+     if( $entry->is_symlink ) {
++        if( !$INSECURE_EXTRACT_MODE ) {
++            my $linkname = $entry->linkname;
++            if( File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute($linkname) ) {
++                $self->_error( qq[Symlink '] . $entry->full_path .
++                    qq[' has absolute target. Not extracting under SECURE EXTRACT MODE] );
++                return;
++            }
++            if( grep { $_ eq '..' } File::Spec->splitdir($linkname) ) {
++                $self->_error( qq[Symlink '] . $entry->full_path .
++                    qq[' target attempts traversal. Not extracting under SECURE EXTRACT MODE] );
++                return;
++            }
++        }
+         my $fail;
+         if( ON_UNIX ) {
+             symlink( $entry->linkname, $file ) or $fail++;
+@@ -967,6 +980,23 @@ sub _make_special_file {
+                 $entry->linkname .q[' failed] if $fail;
+ 
+     } elsif ( $entry->is_hardlink ) {
++        if( !$INSECURE_EXTRACT_MODE ) {
++            my $linkname = $entry->linkname;
++            if( File::Spec->file_name_is_absolute($linkname) ) {
++                $self->_error( qq[Hardlink '] . $entry->full_path .
++                    qq[' has absolute target '$linkname'. Not extracting ] .
++                    qq[under SECURE EXTRACT MODE: extraction itself chmods ] .
++                    qq[the shared inode.] );
++                return;
++            }
++            if( grep { $_ eq '..' } File::Spec->splitdir($linkname) ) {
++                $self->_error( qq[Hardlink '] . $entry->full_path .
++                    qq[' target '$linkname' attempts traversal. Not ] .
++                    qq[extracting under SECURE EXTRACT MODE: extraction ] .
++                    qq[itself chmods the shared inode.] );
++                return;
++            }
++        }
+         my $fail;
+         if( ON_UNIX ) {
+             link( $entry->linkname, $file ) or $fail++;
+diff --git a/cpan/Archive-Tar/t/04_resolved_issues.t b/cpan/Archive-Tar/t/04_resolved_issues.t
+index b3566a1..08d339a 100644
+--- a/cpan/Archive-Tar/t/04_resolved_issues.t
++++ b/cpan/Archive-Tar/t/04_resolved_issues.t
+@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ if ($^O ne 'msys') # symlink tests fail on Windows/msys2
+ 		}
+ 
+     { #use case 1 - in memory extraction
++      local $Archive::Tar::INSECURE_EXTRACT_MODE=1;
+ 			my $t=Archive::Tar->new;
+ 			$t->read( $archname );
+ 			my $r = eval{ $t->extract };
+@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ if ($^O ne 'msys') # symlink tests fail on Windows/msys2
+ 
+ 		{ #use case 2 - iter extraction
+ 		  #$DB::single = 2;
++      local $Archive::Tar::INSECURE_EXTRACT_MODE=1;
+ 			my $next=Archive::Tar->iter( $archname, 1 );
+ 			my $failed = 0;
+ 			#use Data::Dumper;
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.42.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.42.0.bb
index 1833b7a352..70e14a9699 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.42.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/perl/perl_5.42.0.bb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ SRC_URI = "https://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-${PV}.tar.gz;name=perl \
            file://0001-cpan-Sys-Syslog-Makefile.PL-Fix-_PATH_LOG-for-determ.patch \
            file://CVE-2026-8376-01.patch \
            file://CVE-2026-8376-02.patch \
+           file://CVE-2026-42496.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI:append:class-native = " \
            file://perl-configpm-switch.patch \