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HIGH

CVE-2026-87082

CVSS v3

7.5

HIGH

EPSS Score

0.7 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-09-28

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

—

SSVC status

Description

Net::IDN::Punycode versions before 2.590 for Perl hang, crash or return a wrong label via unvalidated malformed UTF-8 in encode_punycode. Neither backend checks that its input is well-formed UTF-8, so a string with the UTF-8 flag set over malformed bytes, as the :utf8 PerlIO layer produces from any malformed input, reaches the encoder unchecked. On perl 5.32 and later the XS backend reports a malformed sequence with a length of `(STRLEN)-1`, so the scan steps back one byte instead of forward an

Technical details

Published
2026-09-22
Last Modified
2026-09-22

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-87082?

Net::IDN::Punycode versions before 2.590 for Perl hang, crash or return a wrong label via unvalidated malformed UTF-8 in encode_punycode. Neither backend checks that its input is well-formed UTF-8, so a string with the UTF-8 flag set over malformed bytes, as the :utf8 PerlIO layer produces from any malformed input, reaches the encoder unchecked. On perl 5.32 and later the XS backend reports a malformed sequence with a length of `(STRLEN)-1`, so the scan steps back one byte instead of forward an

Is CVE-2026-87082 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-87082 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.7% on 2026-09-28, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-87082?

CVE-2026-87082 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity).

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