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FKIE_CVE-2026-13401

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-16 17:16 - Updated: 2026-07-17 13:17

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

XML::Bare versions through 0.53 for Perl will hang in an infinite loop when parsing malformed attributes. The parserc_parse function never advances the attribute-parse state cursor on certain malformed attribute forms, looping forever. Nameless attributes such as "<a ='c'>" or unbalanced quotes "<a b='''''''c'>" can trigger this condition.

References

	URL	Tags
	9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e	https://github.com/nanoscopic/perl-XML-Bare/pull/2
	9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e	https://security.metacpan.org/patches/X/XML-Bare/0.53/CVE-2026-13401-r1.patch
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/16/2

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

JSON

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CVE-2026-13401 (GCVE-0-2026-13401)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-16 16:14 – Updated: 2026-07-17 12:51

Title

XML::Bare versions through 0.53 for Perl will hang in an infinite loop when parsing malformed attributes

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-17 12:51 UTC

CWE

CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Assigner

CPANSec redhat root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/nanoscopic/perl-XML-Bare/pull/2	issue-tracking
https://security.metacpan.org/patches/X/XML-Bare/…	patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/16/2

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
CODECHILD	XML::Bare	Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.53 (custom)

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JSON

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