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CVE-2026-87768: DateTime::Lite versions before 0.8.1 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via a per-day loop when adding

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-87768

Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 0.8.1 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 17:03 UTC

Severity
High

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

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.8.1

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 30 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: 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 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade DateTime-Lite (Perl module) to 0.8.1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
DateTime-LiteAffected
  • <0.8.1
Fixed in
  • 0.8.1
CPANDateTime-Litepkg:cpan/DateTime-LiteOther threatsAffected
  • <0.8.1
Fixed in
  • 0.8.1

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AI-suggested

A fix is available in DateTime::Lite version 0.8.1. Users should upgrade to version 0.8.1 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No other mitigations are indicated.

Description

DateTime::Lite versions before 0.8.1 for Perl contain a vulnerability where adding a large number of seconds to a date-time object with a non-floating time zone causes a CPU exhaustion condition. This occurs because the _normalize_leap_seconds function processes time additions one day at a time without limiting the number of iterations, allowing an attacker to keep the process busy indefinitely.

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