{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "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.\n\nEach =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.\n\nFormatting an attacker-supplied POD document never returns, and the output grows until memory is exhausted.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-podlators-2026-82560 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-podlators-2026-82560.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/rra/podlators/commit/70510174f69eb54aa6d617bde4e1402cd9b7c61f.patch", "url": "https://github.com/rra/podlators/commit/70510174f69eb54aa6d617bde4e1402cd9b7c61f.patch" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/RRA/podlators-v6.1.0/source/lib/Pod/Text.pm#L245-261", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/RRA/podlators-v6.1.0/source/lib/Pod/Text.pm#L245-261" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/RRA/podlators-v6.1.1/changes", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/RRA/podlators-v6.1.1/changes" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/19/6", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/19/6" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2026-82560 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82560" } ], "title": "podlators vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-09-19T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-podlators-2026-82560", "initial_release_date": "2026-09-19T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-09-19T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<6.1.1", "product": { "name": "podlators less than 6.1.1", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/podlators" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=6.1.1", "product": { "name": "podlators greater than or equal 6.1.1", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/podlators" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "podlators" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-82560", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-835", "name": "Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "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.\n\nEach =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.\n\nFormatting an attacker-supplied POD document never returns, and the output grows until memory is exhausted.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } } ] }