HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via an unbounded multipart part header block. The multipart parser takes everything up to the first blank line after a boundary as the part's header block, with no limit on its size or number of lines. Every line is stored in the part's header hash, so a block of short lines costs about 60 bytes of memory per input byte. A remote attacker can exhaust worker memory with a single request.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Description HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via an unbounded multipart part header block. The multipart parser takes everything up to the first blank line after a boundary as the part's header block, with no limit on its size or number of lines. Every line is stored in the part's header hash, so a block of short lines costs about 60 bytes of memory per input byte. A remote attacker can exhaust worker memory with a single request.
Title HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via an unbounded multipart part header block
Weaknesses CWE-770
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published: 2026-10-28T17:15:31.799Z

Updated: 2026-11-05T20:15:47.071Z

Reserved: 2026-10-25T11:14:04.979Z

Link: CVE-2026-116134

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-05T20:14:19.725Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-28T18:17:12.570

Modified: 2026-11-05T21:18:37.343

Link: CVE-2026-116134

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-10-28T17:15:31Z

Links: CVE-2026-116134 - Bugzilla