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CVE-2026-115865

Starlet versions before 0.33 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

  • Published2026-10-30
  • WeaknessCWE-789

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Description

Starlet versions before 0.33 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory. The request body is read in a loop that asks sysread for all of the remaining declared length at once. Perl grows the read buffer to that size before any data arrives, so a length larger than available memory makes the worker exit with an uncatchable out of memory error before the application is called. A remote attacker can force a worker restart with each request of a few bytes.

Timeline

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  1. 2026-10-3012:44CVE publishedCNA

Versions per branch

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 2026-10-30

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

  • starletUbuntu:26.10all versions · no fixed version listed
  • starletUbuntu:26.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • starletUbuntu:24.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • starletUbuntu:22.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • starletUbuntu:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • starletUbuntu:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • starletUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • starletDebian:14all versions · fixed in 0.33-1

2 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2026-115865 Red Hat Product Security

    perl-starlet: perl-starlet: Denial of Service via large Content-Length header

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Fix

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

Detection

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Proof of concept
Metasploit modules
none listed
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Sources

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
2026-10-30
Last Modified
2026-11-06
NVD status
Deferred
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-xfc8-r6h3-qmmm

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-115865?

Starlet versions before 0.33 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory. The request body is read in a loop that asks sysread for all of the remaining declared length at once. Perl grows the read buffer to that size before any data arrives, so a length larger than available memory makes the worker exit with an uncatchable out of memory error before the application is called. A remote attacker can force a worker restart with each request of a few bytes.

Is CVE-2026-115865 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-115865 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.2% on 2026-11-05, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-115865?

CVE-2026-115865 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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