CVE-2026-82560 (GCVE-0-2026-82560)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-19 15:15 – Updated: 2026-09-21 18:38
VLAI
Title
Pod::Text versions before 6.1.1 for Perl allow CPU and memory exhaustion formatting a POD document whose =over nesting drives the margin to the output width
Summary
Pod::Text versions before 6.1.1 for Perl allow CPU and memory exhaustion formatting a POD document whose =over nesting drives the margin to the output width. Each =over adds its indent to the margin, which wrap() subtracts from the output width to get the space available for text. When that space reaches zero, the line-splitting substitution matches the empty string, and the loop consumes no input while appending the margin padding on every pass. Formatting an attacker-supplied POD document never returns, and the output grows until memory is exhausted.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-21 18:38 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Assigner
CPANSec CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard C 63/100 over 317 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Affected: 0 , < 6.1.1 (custom)
Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.45.2 (custom)
Credits
Jitka Plesnikova
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