CVE-2026-8463 (GCVE-0-2026-8463)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-13 12:40 – Updated: 2026-05-13 17:19
VLAI?
Title
Crypt::Argon2 versions from 0.017 before 0.031 for Perl perform a heap out-of-bounds read in argon2_verify on empty encoded input
Summary
Crypt::Argon2 versions from 0.017 before 0.031 for Perl perform a heap out-of-bounds read in argon2_verify on empty encoded input.
The auto-detect form of argon2_verify passes encoded_len - 1 as the length argument to memchr without checking that encoded_len is non-zero. When the encoded string is empty, the size_t subtraction underflows to SIZE_MAX and memchr scans adjacent heap memory looking for a '$' separator byte.
A caller that invokes argon2_verify against a stored hash that may legitimately be empty (for example a placeholder row or a NULL column materialised as an empty string) reads out-of-bounds heap memory, which can crash the process or leak the position of an adjacent '$' byte into subsequent parsing.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/Leont/crypt-argon2/commit/92ea… | patch |
| https://metacpan.org/release/LEONT/Crypt-Argon2-0… | release-notes |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEONT | Crypt::Argon2 |
Affected:
0.017 , < 0.031
(custom)
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