Starlet versions before 0.33 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.
CVSS
No CVSS.
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Configurations
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History
30 Oct 2026, 13:18
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Information
Published : 2026-10-30 13:18
Updated : 2026-10-30 17:13
NVD link : CVE-2026-115865
Mitre link : CVE-2026-115865
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-115865
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Products Affected
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CWE
CWE-789
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
