CVE-2026-82560

ADVISORY - nist

Summary

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.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')


NIST

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EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

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EXPLOITS FOUND
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COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Debian

CREATED

UPDATED

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

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EXPLOITS FOUND
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COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY