CVE-2026-116134
HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via an unbounded multipart part header block
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2026-10-28
- WeaknessCWE-770
Am I affected?
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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.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2026-10-2817:15CVE 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.
- HTTP-Bodyother versions: not affectedAffected
- < 1.23_01fixed in 1.23_01custom
Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2026-10-28
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
- libhttp-body-perlUbuntu:26.10all versions · no fixed version listed
- libhttp-body-perlUbuntu:26.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- libhttp-body-perlUbuntu:24.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- libhttp-body-perlUbuntu:22.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- libhttp-body-perlUbuntu:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- libhttp-body-perlUbuntu:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- libhttp-body-perlUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- libhttp-body-perlDebian:14all versions · fixed in 1.24.01-1
3 more package ranges on OSV.dev
Vendor advisories
- CVE-2026-116134 Red Hat Product Security
perl-http-body: perl-http-body: Denial of Service via unbounded multipart header block
Fix
No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof of concept
- PoC-in-GitHubno public repository identifiedread 2026-11-05
- Metasploit modules
- none listed Metasploit Framework
Sources
- NVDCVE recordread 2026-11-05
- CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2026-11-05
- CISA-ADPCVSS 3.17.52026-11-05
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-7702026-10-28
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.3 %2026-11-05
- OSVaffected packages—
- GitHub Advisoriesadvisory—
Identifiers
- EUVD-2026-112272same flawENISA EUVD · LicenseRef-ENISA-legal-notice
- GHSA-hm6g-hrhc-g7hvsame flawGitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0
- openSUSE-SU-2026:12346-1advisory covering several CVEsopenSUSE · LicenseRef-unstated
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
- 2026-10-28
- Last Modified
- 2026-11-05
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
- GitHub Advisory
- GHSA-hm6g-hrhc-g7hv
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Related vulnerabilities
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- CVE-2026-116133same productHTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a multipart body with a missing or malformed boundary
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- CVE-2026-116285same productHTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking when parsing chunked request bodies
- CVE-2026-117500same productHTTP::Body versions before 1.24_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via regex backtracking on the filename of a multipart upload
- CVE-2026-117501same productHTTP::Body versions before 1.24_01 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded buffering of chunked request bodies
Sources for this record
- CVE Program · CVE Program Terms of Use
- ENISA EU Vulnerability Database · ENISA legal notice §1.2 (reproduction authorised, provided the source is acknowledged)
- FIRST EPSS · EPSS terms of use (free use, attribution requested)
- GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0 · GHSA-hm6g-hrhc-g7hv
- NVD · Public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105) for NVD-authored data; third-party content under its own terms
- OpenCVE · OpenCVE terms of service · terms restrict redistribution
- OSV.dev · Per record, as its publisher states it: each row carries the label in sourceLicense when one is served
- Red Hat Product Security (CSAF and VEX) · CC-BY-4.0
- CISA Vulnrichment · CC0-1.0