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Web::Simple versions before 0.035 for Perl allocate a buffer sized by the Content-Length header for urlencoded body parameters

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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.

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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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