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CVE-2026-116133

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a multipart body with a missing or malformed boundary

7.5 HighFix available

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a multipart body with a missing or malformed boundary.

Before the first part, and between parts, the multipart parser searches the whole buffered body for the next boundary. On a miss it keeps everything and searches again from the start when the next chunk arrives. A body with no boundary, or with a delimiter followed by neither CRLF nor "--", is therefore rescanned on every chunk, taking time quadratic in its size.

A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU with a few such requests.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.47%Up 0.2 points since Oct 29, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 7.5

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a multipart body with a missing or malformed boundary

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a multipart body with a missing or malformed boundary.

Before the first part, and between parts, the multipart parser searches the whole buffered body for the next boundary. On a miss it keeps everything and searches again from the start when the next chunk arrives. A body with no boundary, or with a delimiter followed by neither CRLF nor "--", is therefore rescanned on every chunk, taking time quadratic in its size.

A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU with a few such requests.

Record
CVE-2026-116133
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-407
Updated
2026-11-05
EUVDEUVD-2026-112271 7.5

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a multipart body with a missing or malformed boundary.

Before the first part, and between parts, the multipart parser searches the whole buffered body for the next boundary. On a miss it keeps everything and searches again from the start when the next chunk arrives. A body with no boundary, or with a delimiter followed by neither CRLF nor "--", is therefore rescanned on every chunk, taking time quadratic in its size.

A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU with a few such requests.

Record
EUVD-2026-112271
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-05
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xcwx-vggw-cvw9 7.5

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a...

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a multipart body with a missing or malformed boundary.

Before the first part, and between parts, the multipart parser searches the whole buffered body for the next boundary. On a miss it keeps everything and searches again from the start when the next chunk arrives. A body with no boundary, or with a delimiter followed by neither CRLF nor "--", is therefore rescanned on every chunk, taking time quadratic in its size.

A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU with a few such requests.

Record
GHSA-xcwx-vggw-cvw9
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-407
Updated
2026-11-05
NVD 7.5

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a multipart body with a missing or malformed boundary.

Before the first part, and between parts, the multipart parser searches the whole buffered body for the next boundary. On a miss it keeps everything and searches again from the start when the next chunk arrives. A body with no boundary, or with a delimiter followed by neither CRLF nor "--", is therefore rescanned on every chunk, taking time quadratic in its size.

A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU with a few such requests.

Record
CVE-2026-116133
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-407
Updated
2026-11-05
OSV 7.5

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a multipart body with a missing or malformed boundary

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a multipart body with a missing or malformed boundary.

Before the first part, and between parts, the multipart parser searches the whole buffered body for the next boundary. On a miss it keeps everything and searches again from the start when the next chunk arrives. A body with no boundary, or with a delimiter followed by neither CRLF nor "--", is therefore rescanned on every chunk, taking time quadratic in its size.

A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU with a few such requests.

Record
CVE-2026-116133
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-407
Updated
2026-11-07
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-116133 7.5

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a multipart body with a missing or malformed boundary. Before the first part, and between parts, the multipart parser searches the whole buffered body for the next boundary. On a miss it keeps everything and searches again from the start when the next chunk arrives. A body with no boundary, or with a delimiter followed by neither CRLF nor "--", is therefore rescanned on every chunk, taking time quadratic in its size. A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU with a few such requests.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116133
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-06
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-116133 7.5

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic rescanning of a multipart body with a missing or malformed boundary. Before the first part, and between parts, the multipart parser searches the whole buffered body for the next boundary. On a miss it keeps everything and searches again from the start when the next chunk arrives. A body with no boundary, or with a delimiter followed by neither CRLF nor "--", is therefore rescanned on every chunk, taking time quadratic in its size. A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU with a few such requests.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-116133
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-07
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:12346-1 No score

perl-HTTP-Body-1.240.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the perl-HTTP-Body-1.240.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:12346-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libhttp-body-perl
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
1.22-21.23-11.24.01-1
None known
libhttp-body-perl
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
1.23-11.24.01-1
None known
libhttp-body-perl
Debian:14
before 1.24.01-1, plus listed versions
1.23-1
1.24.01-1
libhttp-body-perl
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.22-1
None known
libhttp-body-perl
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.22-1
None known
libhttp-body-perl
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.22-1
None known
libhttp-body-perl
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.22-1.1
None known
libhttp-body-perl
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.22-2
None known
libhttp-body-perl
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
1.23-1
None known
libhttp-body-perl
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.23-1
None known
perl-HTTP-Body
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
before 1.240.0-1.1
1.240.0-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affectedGitHub Advisories, NVD
severityCVE List
severityEUVD, OSV
affected, aliases, facts, referencesOSV
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-116133 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in libhttp-body-perl, published October 28, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. Fixed in libhttp-body-perl 1.24.01-1.

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