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CVE-2026-57432                                       CPAN Security Group
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        CVE ID:  CVE-2026-57432
  Distribution:  perl
      Versions:  through 5.43.10

      MetaCPAN:  https://metacpan.org/dist/perl
      VCS Repo:  https://github.com/Perl/perl5

Perl versions through 5.43.10 have an integer overflow in
S_measure_struct leading to an out-of-bounds heap read in pack and
unpack

Description
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Perl versions through 5.43.10 have an integer overflow in
S_measure_struct leading to an out-of-bounds heap read in pack and
unpack.

S_measure_struct adds each item's size times its repeat count to a
running total with no overflow check, so a large repeat count in a pack
or unpack template wraps the signed SSize_t total negative. The @, X,
and x position codes then guard their moves with a signed length
comparison that passes when the length is negative, advancing the
buffer pointer out of bounds.

A template derived from untrusted input can read heap memory past the
buffer and return it to the caller.

Problem types
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- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

Solutions
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Apply the upstream patches. The fix is included in the Perl 5.43.11
development release.

References
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https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/5f7eb6bbbe0510964e3fb1d6bb691e5445913e55.patch
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/40754edc72dd3e513d758153c0e2f0215897740e.patch