CPANSA-HTTP-Body-2026-116131: HTTP-Body vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
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| Initial release date | 2026-10-28T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26 |
| Current release date | 2026-10-28T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | Severity | ||
| Original language | Language | en | |
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Vulnerability Description
HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow memory and temporary file exhaustion via an unlimited number of form fields and multipart parts.
The urlencoded parser splits the whole body on its separators at once, creating one scalar per separator before any field is stored. This costs about 90 bytes of memory per separator byte. The multipart parser creates a temporary file for every part that carries a filename. Neither parser limits how many fields or parts a body may hold.
A remote attacker can exhaust worker memory with a body made of separators, or create thousands of temporary files with one request of small file parts.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-116131
Vulnerability DescriptionHTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow memory and temporary file exhaustion via an unlimited number of form fields and multipart parts.
The urlencoded parser splits the whole body on its separators at once, creating one scalar per separator before any field is stored. This costs about 90 bytes of memory per separator byte. The multipart parser creates a temporary file for every part that carries a filename. Neither parser limits how many fields or parts a body may hold.
A remote attacker can exhaust worker memory with a body made of separators, or create thousands of temporary files with one request of small file parts.
| Weakness | CWE-770 : Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||
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| HTTP-Body less than 1.23_01 |
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Fixed
- HTTP-Body greater than or equal 1.23_01
giterlizzi
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gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-HTTP-Body-2026-116131 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-http-body-2026-116131.json - https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Body/commit/47beca524a3062eacfd646664576f005fb4be19b.patch external
https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Body/commit/47beca524a3062eacfd646664576f005fb4be19b.patch - https://metacpan.org/release/GETTY/HTTP-Body-1.24/changes external
https://metacpan.org/release/GETTY/HTTP-Body-1.24/changes - CVE-2026-116131 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116131
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 2026 | First release |
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