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.
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Perl pod::text
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Perl pod::text

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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 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.
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
Weaknesses CWE-835
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published: 2026-09-19T15:15:52.620Z

Updated: 2026-09-21T18:38:31.266Z

Reserved: 2026-08-29T22:38:15.085Z

Link: CVE-2026-82560

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-19T20:07:17.026Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-19T16:16:32.140

Modified: 2026-09-22T19:07:00.983

Link: CVE-2026-82560

cve-icon Redhat

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