CPANSA-Text-CSV_XS-2026-110754: Text-CSV_XS vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
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| Initial release date | 2026-10-16T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26 |
| Current release date | 2026-10-16T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 6.5 | Severity | |
| Original language | Language | en | |
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Vulnerability Description
Text::CSV_XS versions before 1.65 for Perl leak the parsed fields of a record that fails to parse in getline.
getline collects the fields of a record into a new array and returns a reference to it only when the parse succeeds. When the record has a syntax error, getline returns undef and never frees the array or the fields parsed before the error.
A long-running process parsing untrusted CSV retains every malformed record it is sent, so repeated malformed input exhausts its memory.
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-110754
Vulnerability DescriptionText::CSV_XS versions before 1.65 for Perl leak the parsed fields of a record that fails to parse in getline.
getline collects the fields of a record into a new array and returns a reference to it only when the parse succeeds. When the record has a syntax error, getline returns undef and never frees the array or the fields parsed before the error.
A long-running process parsing untrusted CSV retains every malformed record it is sent, so repeated malformed input exhausts its memory.
| Weakness | CWE-401 : Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||
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| Text-CSV_XS less than 1.65 |
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Fixed
- Text-CSV_XS greater than or equal 1.65
giterlizzi
Namespace: https://github.com/giterlizzi/
gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-Text-CSV_XS-2026-110754 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-text-csv_xs-2026-110754.json - https://github.com/cpan-authors/Text-CSV_XS/commit/eb4f739ffc605bfb1ab710e5330704faa0e89f08.patch external
https://github.com/cpan-authors/Text-CSV_XS/commit/eb4f739ffc605bfb1ab710e5330704faa0e89f08.patch - https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/Text-CSV_XS-1.65/changes external
https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/Text-CSV_XS-1.65/changes - CVE-2026-110754 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110754
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 2026 | First release |
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