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When a read ends in the last bytes of a chunk, add() takes the chunk short and parses the leftover data as the next chunk-size line.\n\nA remote attacker can make a chunked body never complete, hanging a server that reads until the body is done, and may make it complete early, leaving the remaining bytes to be read as the next request.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00403,"percentile":0.35039,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-130"],"published":"2026-10-28T17:16:42Z","modified":"2026-11-05T21:34:43Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"libhttp-body-perl","fixed_in":["1.24.01-1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"libhttp-body-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22-2","1.23-1","1.24.01-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"libhttp-body-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.23-1","1.24.01-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"libhttp-body-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.24.01-1"}]}],"versions":["1.23-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"libhttp-body-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","package":"libhttp-body-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","package":"libhttp-body-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","package":"libhttp-body-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22-1.1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","package":"libhttp-body-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.22-2"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"libhttp-body-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.23-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","package":"libhttp-body-perl","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.23-1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"openSUSE:Tumbleweed","package":"perl-HTTP-Body","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.240.0-1.1"}]}],"bundled":7}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Body/commit/5869dde9fe6d13f189a435b6583fd63fcc18677a.patch","tags":["patch","fix","report"]},{"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/GETTY/HTTP-Body-1.24/changes","tags":["release-notes","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116531","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-288c-cm7p-6mc5"},{"url":"https://cpan.org/modules","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/116xxx/CVE-2026-116531.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Body","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-116531","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-116531","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116531","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/44711932/","tags":["report"]},{"url":"","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-116131","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-116132","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-116133","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-116134","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-116135","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-116285","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-116531","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-116531","title":"HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl lose track of chunk boundaries in chunked request bodies when a read ends inside a chunk","description":"HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl lose track of chunk boundaries in chunked request bodies when a read ends inside a chunk.\n\nIn chunked mode, used when no content length is given, add() treats a chunk as complete once the buffer is as long as the chunk's declared size, but the buffer still holds the chunk-size line. 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