CPANSA-Data-SortedSet-Shared-2026-59140: Data-SortedSet-Shared vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2026-07-21T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26
Current release date 2026-07-21T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 9.1 Severity Critical
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

Data::SortedSet::Shared versions before 0.03 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via unvalidated node indices in the rank and min/max query paths.

The attach-time validator ss_validate_header bounds only the root index against the node pool (node_capacity). The order-statistics and min/max queries then follow children[], leftmost and rightmost node indices read raw from the mmap'd segment without bounding them against node_capacity. A full structural check (ss_validate_tree) exists but runs only via an explicit validate method, not on attach.

A local peer that can write the backing file can leave the header valid while poisoning the tree links, so the next rank, min or max query dereferences an out-of-bounds node index, reading adjacent memory or crashing the process.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-59140

Vulnerability Description

Data::SortedSet::Shared versions before 0.03 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via unvalidated node indices in the rank and min/max query paths.

The attach-time validator ss_validate_header bounds only the root index against the node pool (node_capacity). The order-statistics and min/max queries then follow children[], leftmost and rightmost node indices read raw from the mmap'd segment without bounding them against node_capacity. A full structural check (ss_validate_tree) exists but runs only via an explicit validate method, not on attach.

A local peer that can write the backing file can leave the header valid while poisoning the tree links, so the next rank, min or max query dereferences an out-of-bounds node index, reading adjacent memory or crashing the process.

Weakness CWE-125 : Out-of-bounds Read

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
Data-SortedSet-Shared less than 0.03
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H 9.1 Critical
Fixed

giterlizzi

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References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 2026 First release

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