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GHSA-QCGJ-VX8W-RQFQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-19 18:30 – Updated: 2026-09-19 21:30

Details

Pod::Text versions before 6.1.1 for Perl allow CPU and memory exhaustion formatting a POD document whose =over nesting drives the margin to the output width.

Each =over adds its indent to the margin, which wrap() subtracts from the output width to get the space available for text. When that space reaches zero, the line-splitting substitution matches the empty string, and the loop consumes no input while appending the margin padding on every pass.

Formatting an attacker-supplied POD document never returns, and the output grows until memory is exhausted.

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  "modified": "2026-09-19T21:30:19Z",
  "published": "2026-09-19T18:30:26Z",
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CVE-2026-82560 (GCVE-0-2026-82560)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-19 15:15 – Updated: 2026-09-19 20:07

Title

Pod::Text versions before 6.1.1 for Perl allow CPU and memory exhaustion formatting a POD document whose =over nesting drives the margin to the output width

Summary

Pod::Text versions before 6.1.1 for Perl allow CPU and memory exhaustion formatting a POD document whose =over nesting drives the margin to the output width. Each =over adds its indent to the margin, which wrap() subtracts from the output width to get the space available for text. When that space reaches zero, the line-splitting substitution matches the empty string, and the loop consumes no input while appending the margin padding on every pass. Formatting an attacker-supplied POD document never returns, and the output grows until memory is exhausted.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

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

Assigner

CPANSec redhat root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://metacpan.org/release/RRA/podlators-v6.1.0…
https://github.com/rra/podlators/commit/70510174f…	patch
https://metacpan.org/release/RRA/podlators-v6.1.1…	release-notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/19/6

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
		Affected: 0 , < 6.1.1 (custom)
		Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.45.2 (custom)

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