CVE-2026-82560 Affecting perl package, versions <5.44.0-r2
Threat Intelligence
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- published23 Oct 2026
- disclosed19 Sept 2026
Introduced: 19 Sep 2026
CVE-2026-82560 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Wolfi perl to version 5.44.0-r2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Wolfi.
See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.
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.