Web::Simple versions before 0.035 for Perl allocate a buffer sized by the Content-Length header for urlencoded body parameters
Web::Simple versions before 0.035 for Perl allocate a buffer sized by the Content-Length header for urlencoded body parameters. Web::Dispatch::ParamParser::get_unpacked_body_from reads an application/x-www-form-urlencoded body using a single read call, with no cap and the return value ignored. Perl's read grows the buffer to the requested length before reading, so the declared Content-Length determines the allocation. An attacker can trigger this through any route whose dispatch specification has a % body-parameter match, such as sub (POST + %name=), sending a Content-Length far larger than the body actually sent. No authentication is involved.
CVE-2026-114629
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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-114629
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[
{
"repo": "https://github.com/p5sagit/Web-Simple",
"modules": [
"Web::Simple"
],
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "0.035",
"versionType": "custom"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:cpan/Web-Simple",
"packageName": "Web-Simple",
"programFiles": [
"lib/Web/Dispatch/ParamParser.pm"
],
"collectionURL": "https://cpan.org/modules",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"programRoutines": [
{
"name": "Web::Dispatch::ParamParser::get_unpacked_body_from"
}
]
}
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