CVE-2026-116285 Affecting libhttp-body-perl package, versions *
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- published29 Oct 2026
- disclosed28 Oct 2026
Introduced: 28 Oct 2026
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There is no fixed version for Debian:14 libhttp-body-perl.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libhttp-body-perl package and not the libhttp-body-perl package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.
HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking when parsing chunked request bodies.
In chunked mode, used when no content length is given, add() matches each chunk-size line with /^([\da-fA-F]+).*\x0D\x0A/. On a line of hex digits whose first LF has no CR before it, the digits and .* backtrack against each other, so a single add() takes time quadratic in the line's length. Nothing limits how long the line can be.
A remote attacker can exhaust CPU in applications that pass chunked request bodies to HTTP::Body.