CVE-2026-116285: HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 1.23_01 soon.
Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 19:29 UTC
Rated High by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 1.23_01
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 1.23_01.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| HTTP-Body | Affected
| Fixed in
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CPANHTTP-Bodypkg:cpan/HTTP-BodyOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
If you cannot patch yet, mitigating this vulnerability may require implementing input validation or limiting request sizes at the application or network level to prevent excessively long chunk-size lines.
Description
HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl contain a vulnerability where parsing chunked request bodies can lead to CPU exhaustion due to quadratic regex backtracking. This occurs when the add() function matches chunk-size lines with a regex that can backtrack excessively on lines of hex digits without a preceding CR before LF. A remote attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted chunked requests to cause high CPU usage.