CPANSA-Data-SpatialHash-Shared-2026-59146: Data-SpatialHash-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 7.8 Severity High
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

Data::SpatialHash::Shared versions before 0.02 for Perl allow out-of-bounds reads and writes via unvalidated bucket, link and free-list indices in sph_walk_cell and sph_alloc_slot.

The attach-time validator sph_validate_header checks the header scalars and region layout against the file size, but does not validate the array contents it then trusts. sph_walk_cell reads entries[buckets[b]] and follows each entry's next link raw, and sph_alloc_slot writes through a file-stored free_head index, none bounded against the entry count (max_entries).

A local peer that can write the backing file can leave the header valid while poisoning the bucket chain and free list, so a query reads through an out-of-bounds bucket and next index and an insert writes through an out-of-bounds free-list head, corrupting memory or crashing the process.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-59146

Vulnerability Description

Data::SpatialHash::Shared versions before 0.02 for Perl allow out-of-bounds reads and writes via unvalidated bucket, link and free-list indices in sph_walk_cell and sph_alloc_slot.

The attach-time validator sph_validate_header checks the header scalars and region layout against the file size, but does not validate the array contents it then trusts. sph_walk_cell reads entries[buckets[b]] and follows each entry's next link raw, and sph_alloc_slot writes through a file-stored free_head index, none bounded against the entry count (max_entries).

A local peer that can write the backing file can leave the header valid while poisoning the bucket chain and free list, so a query reads through an out-of-bounds bucket and next index and an insert writes through an out-of-bounds free-list head, corrupting memory or crashing the process.

Weakness CWE-125 : Out-of-bounds Read

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
Data-SpatialHash-Shared less than 0.02
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 7.8 High
Fixed

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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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