CVE-2026-115825 (GCVE-0-2026-115825)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-25 16:51 – Updated: 2026-10-26 01:23
VLAI
Title
HTTP::Server::PSGI versions before 1.0056 for Perl allow a single request to crash the server by declaring a large Content-Length
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-789 - Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Assigner
CPANSec CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard C 63/100 over 298 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Affected: 0 , < 1.0056 (custom)
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