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CVE-2026-115817

Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow a stalled request body to hold a worker indefinitely, as read_timeout covers only the headers

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2026-10-25
  • WeaknessCWE-770

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Description

Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow a stalled request body to hold a worker indefinitely, as read_timeout covers only the headers. Content-Length and chunked request bodies are read with blocking reads and no deadline. A client that sends complete headers and then stalls or trickles the body keeps the worker waiting until it disconnects. A remote attacker can take every worker with a few such connections, five with the default worker count, so the server stops answering requests. Version 0.4019 applies read_timeout to each wait for body data and adds a body_timeout limit, 300 seconds by default, on the total time to read a body.

Timeline

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  1. 2026-10-2516:50CVE publishedCNA

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-02 15:37 UTC
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Products declared by the CNA1 product

As CPANSec, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-10-25

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • perl-StarmanopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 0.4019-1.1
  • starmanUbuntu:26.10all versions · no fixed version listed
  • starmanUbuntu:26.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • starmanUbuntu:24.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • starmanUbuntu:22.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • starmanUbuntu:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • starmanUbuntu:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • starmanUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed

3 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2026-115817 Red Hat Product Security

    perl-starman: Starman: Denial of Service via stalled HTTP request bodies

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Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

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Metasploit modules
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Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2026-10-25
Last Modified
2026-11-02
NVD status
Deferred
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-xcqf-6xfj-3q3x

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-115817?

Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow a stalled request body to hold a worker indefinitely, as read_timeout covers only the headers. Content-Length and chunked request bodies are read with blocking reads and no deadline. A client that sends complete headers and then stalls or trickles the body keeps the worker waiting until it disconnects. A remote attacker can take every worker with a few such connections, five with the default worker count, so the server stops answering requests. Version 0.4019 applies read_timeout to each wait for body data and adds a body_timeout limit, 300 seconds by default, on the total time to read a body.

Is CVE-2026-115817 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-115817 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.3% on 2026-11-02, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-115817?

CVE-2026-115817 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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