CVE-2026-115864
Monoceros versions before 0.30 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory. The request body is read in a loop that asks sysread for all of the remaining declared length at once. Perl grows the read buffer to that size before any data arrives, so a length larger than available memory makes the worker exit with an uncatchable out of memory error before the application is called. A remote attacker can force a worker restart with each request of a few bytes.
- Score
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- Published
- 2026-11-09
- Links
- NVD · cve.org · Report wrong data
Matched ports (1)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| www/p5-Monoceros | p5-Monoceros | 0.29 | unaddressed | perl@FreeBSD.org |
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<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>p5-Monoceros -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>p5-Monoceros</name>
<!-- 0.30 is not released yet, newest upstream is 0.29 -->
<range><lt>0.30</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>CVE-2026-115864: Monoceros versions before 0.30 for Perl allow a
request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by
exhausting memory. The request body is read in a loop that asks
sysread for all of the remaining declared length at once. Perl
grows the read buffer to that size before any data arrives, so a
length larger than available memory makes the worker exit with an
uncatchable out of memory error before the application is called. A
remote attacker can force a worker restart with each request of a
few bytes.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2026-115864</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115864</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2026-11-09</discovery>
<entry>2026-11-10</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>