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.
Published: 2026-10-25
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EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Upgrade to Starman 0.4019 or later.

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Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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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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cve-icon MITRE

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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Updated: 2026-10-25T21:45:06Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-1333

    Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity