CVE-2026-9265: Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12 versions before 1.96 for Perl permits a heap OOB read in print_attribute UTF8STRING path
Timothy Legge 20 Jun 2026 00:59 UTC
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CVE-2026-9265 CPAN Security Group
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CVE ID: CVE-2026-9265
Distribution: Crypt-OpenSSL-PKCS12
Versions: before 1.96
MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/dist/Crypt-OpenSSL-PKCS12
VCS Repo: https://github.com/dsully/perl-crypt-openssl-pkcs12
Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12 versions before 1.96 for Perl permits a heap OOB
read in print_attribute UTF8STRING path
Description
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Crypt::OpenSSL::PKCS12 versions before 1.96 for Perl permits a heap OOB
read in print_attribute UTF8STRING path.
print_attribute() copies a UTF8STRING ASN.1 attribute value into a heap
buffer sized exactly to its declared length via strncpy, leaving no NUL
terminator. Downstream callers run strlen() on the result and pass the
inflated length to newSVpvn(), copying attacker-influenced adjacent
heap bytes into a Perl scalar.
Problem types
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- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Solutions
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Upgrade to version 1.96 or apply the linked patch.
References
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https://github.com/dsully/perl-crypt-openssl-pkcs12/issues/55
https://metacpan.org/release/JONASBN/Crypt-OpenSSL-PKCS12-1.96/source/Changes.md
https://github.com/dsully/perl-crypt-openssl-pkcs12/commit/a7bd2f319fa8aab8177b3d767ea06dd85ceb3173.patch