CVE-2026-116285
HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking…
- Risk score
- 54/100
- CVSS
- 7.5 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.3%
- Published
- 28 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking when parsing chunked request bodies. In chunked mode, used when no content length is given, add() matches each chunk-size line with /^([\da-fA-F]+).*\x0D\x0A/. On a line of hex digits whose first LF has no CR before it, t…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 1.23 or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.5 high
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
References
Original description
HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking when parsing chunked request bodies. In chunked mode, used when no content length is given, add() matches each chunk-size line with `/^([\da-fA-F]+).*\x0D\x0A/`. On a line of hex digits whose first LF has no CR before it, the digits and `.*` backtrack against each other, so a single add() takes time quadratic in the line's length. Nothing limits how long the line can be. A remote attacker can exhaust CPU in applications that pass chunked request bodies to HTTP::Body.
Last activity 28 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.