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CVE-2026-117501: HTTP::Body versions before 1.24_01 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded buffering of

Source GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-117501· High

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

Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 19:29 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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Description

HTTP::Body versions before 1.24_01 for Perl have a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to exhaust memory by sending specially crafted chunked request bodies. The parser buffers chunks in memory until complete, but malformed chunk-size lines or excessively large sizes cause the parser to wait indefinitely and grow the buffer unboundedly.

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