Description
Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking when parsing chunked request bodies.
Starman decodes chunked request bodies before calling the application, matching each chunk-size line with `s/^(([0-9a-fA-F]+).*\015\012)//`. A line of hex digits followed by a bare LF and then CRLF never matches, because `.` does not match LF, and each failed attempt backtracks in time quadratic in the length of the hex run. Nothing limits the length of the line.
A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU by sending such requests to any route.
Starman decodes chunked request bodies before calling the application, matching each chunk-size line with `s/^(([0-9a-fA-F]+).*\015\012)//`. A line of hex digits followed by a bare LF and then CRLF never matches, because `.` does not match LF, and each failed attempt backtracks in time quadratic in the length of the hex run. Nothing limits the length of the line.
A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU by sending such requests to any route.
Published:
2026-10-25
Score:
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EPSS:
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KEV:
No
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Remediation
Vendor Solution
Upgrade to Starman 0.4019 or later.
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History
Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking when parsing chunked request bodies. Starman decodes chunked request bodies before calling the application, matching each chunk-size line with `s/^(([0-9a-fA-F]+).*\015\012)//`. A line of hex digits followed by a bare LF and then CRLF never matches, because `.` does not match LF, and each failed attempt backtracks in time quadratic in the length of the hex run. Nothing limits the length of the line. A remote attacker can exhaust worker CPU by sending such requests to any route. | |
| Title | Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking when parsing chunked request bodies | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-1333 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-25T16:51:00.241Z
Reserved: 2026-10-23T16:47:20.192Z
Link: CVE-2026-115822
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-25T17:17:01.637
Modified: 2026-10-25T17:17:01.637
Link: CVE-2026-115822
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-25T21:45:06Z
Weaknesses
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CWE-1333
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity