CPANSA-XML-Bare-2026-57074: XML-Bare vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2026-07-16T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.26
Current release date 2026-07-16T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 9.1 Severity
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

XML::Bare versions through 0.53 for Perl have an unbounded character lookahead. The parserc_parse function attempts to check for multicharacter strings such as "" without checking that the offsets are within the buffer. Truncated strings such as "

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-57074

Vulnerability Description

XML::Bare versions through 0.53 for Perl have an unbounded character lookahead.

The parserc_parse function attempts to check for multicharacter strings such as "" without checking that the offsets are within the buffer.

Truncated strings such as "

Weakness CWE-125 : Out-of-bounds Read

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
XML-Bare greater than 0
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

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References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Thu Jul 16 00:00:00 2026 First release

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