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CVE-2026-117500: HTTP-Body (Perl module) · ReDoS

Affects HTTP-Body (Perl module)Source CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 1.24_01 soon.

Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 17:45 UTC

Severity
High

Rated High by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Patch
Available – fixed in 1.24_01

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade HTTP-Body (Perl module) to 1.24_01.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
HTTP-BodyAffected
  • <1.24_01
Fixed in
  • 1.24_01
CPANHTTP-Bodypkg:cpan/HTTP-BodyOther threatsAffected
  • <1.24_01
Fixed in
  • 1.24_01

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AI-suggested

Upgrade HTTP::Body to version 1.24_01 or later, where the regex inefficiency is fixed. No other mitigations are indicated.

Description

HTTP::Body versions before 1.24_01 for Perl contain an inefficient regular expression in the multipart upload filename parsing logic. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause CPU exhaustion by sending a specially crafted filename with many dots ending in a backslash, triggering excessive regex backtracking. Each file part in a multipart request is processed separately, amplifying the impact. The issue is fixed in version 1.24_01.

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