CVE-2026-82560
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
19/09/2026
Last modified:
22/09/2026
Description
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.<br />
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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.<br />
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Formatting an attacker-supplied POD document never returns, and the output grows until memory is exhausted.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH