HTTP::Server::PSGI versions before 1.0056 for Perl allow a single request to crash the server by…

Why it is Yellow

• CVSS 7.5 high
• Remotely exploitable without logging in

References

• https://github.com/plack/Plack/commit/11545871cadc5df1b744cebb429cfeb4ebc1069a.patch
• https://metacpan.org/release/MIYAGAWA/Plack-1.0056/changes
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/26/10

Original description

HTTP::Server::PSGI versions before 1.0056 for Perl allow a single request to crash the server by declaring a large Content-Length. The request body is read with sysread() calls sized by the remaining Content-Length. Perl grows the read buffer to the requested length before any data arrives, so the server tries to allocate as much memory as the client declares. A remote attacker can send one request with a large Content-Length and a few body bytes, and perl exits with an out-of-memory error before the application is called. HTTP::Server::PSGI runs as a single process, so the server stays down until restarted.