CVE-2026-13401 Affecting perl-XML-Bare package, versions <0.53-150000.3.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (49th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-PERLXMLBARE-18468659
  • published30 Jul 2026
  • disclosed29 Jul 2026

Introduced: 29 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-13401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 perl-XML-Bare to version 0.53-150000.3.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-XML-Bare package and not the perl-XML-Bare package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1