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CVE-2026-115822

Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking when parsing chunked request bodies

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2026-10-25
  • WeaknessCWE-1333

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Description

Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking when parsing chunked request bodies. Starman decodes chunked request bodies before calling the application, matching each chunk-size line with `s/^(([0-9a-fA-F]+).*\015\012)//`. A line of hex digits followed by a bare LF and then CRLF never matches, because `.` does not match LF, and each failed attempt backtracks in time quadratic in the length of the hex run. Nothing limits the length of the line. A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU by sending such requests to any route.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2026-10-2516:51CVE 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

Full record on NVD

Fix

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

Detection

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Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
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Metasploit modules
none listed
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Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2026-10-25
Last Modified
2026-11-02
NVD status
Deferred
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-2826-qw6w-9h42

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-115822?

Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking when parsing chunked request bodies. Starman decodes chunked request bodies before calling the application, matching each chunk-size line with `s/^(([0-9a-fA-F]+).*\015\012)//`. A line of hex digits followed by a bare LF and then CRLF never matches, because `.` does not match LF, and each failed attempt backtracks in time quadratic in the length of the hex run. Nothing limits the length of the line. A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU by sending such requests to any route.

Is CVE-2026-115822 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-115822 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-2026-115822?

CVE-2026-115822 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:N/I:N/A:H.

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