{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-115865","assignerOrgId":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"CPANSec","dateReserved":"2026-10-23T17:37:33.627Z","datePublished":"2026-10-30T12:44:06.034Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-30T12:44:06.034Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"affected":[{"collectionURL":"https://cpan.org/modules","defaultStatus":"unaffected","modules":["Starlet"],"packageName":"Starlet","packageURL":"pkg:cpan/Starlet","programFiles":["lib/Starlet/Server.pm"],"programRoutines":[{"name":"Starlet::Server::handle_connection"}],"repo":"https://github.com/kazuho/Starlet","versions":[{"lessThan":"0.33","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Starlet versions before 0.33 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory.\n\nThe 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.\n\nA remote attacker can force a worker restart with each request of a few bytes."}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-789","description":"CWE-789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e","shortName":"CPANSec","dateUpdated":"2026-10-30T12:44:06.034Z"},"references":[{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/kazuho/Starlet/commit/598947ac620fd31b390335c683d79fa244770782.patch"},{"tags":["release-notes"],"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/KAZUHO/Starlet-0.33/changes"}],"solutions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Upgrade to Starlet 0.33 or later."}],"source":{"discovery":"UNKNOWN"},"title":"Starlet versions before 0.33 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory","x_generator":{"engine":"cpansec-cna-tool 0.1"}}}}