CVE-2026-113877

NameCVE-2026-113877
DescriptionHTTP::Headers::ActionPack versions before 0.10 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via Accept-Language ranges matched as regular expressions. _language_match interpolates each Accept-Language range into the pattern `/^$range\-/i` without escaping it, so regular expression syntax in the header reaches the regex engine. A 12-byte range such as `(a?|b?){26}z` backtracks for seconds, and each increment of the quantifier doubles the time. An invalid range such as `(` fails to compile. A remote attacker can exhaust CPU, or make choose_language die, in any application that passes an untrusted Accept-Language header to it.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs1151877

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libhttp-headers-actionpack-perl (PTS)bookworm0.09-2vulnerable
trixie0.09-3vulnerable
forky0.09-4vulnerable
sid0.10-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libhttp-headers-actionpack-perlsource(unstable)0.10-11151877

Notes

https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/44584817/
Fixed by: https://github.com/robrwo/perl-HTTP-Headers-ActionPack/commit/77f0deb23f3de872c2e64befd72750e0f0f4bec9 (v0.10)

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