CVE-2026-13397: HTML::Bare versions through 0.04 for Perl will hang in an infinite loop when parsing malformed attributes
Robert Rothenberg 16 Jul 2026 16:18 UTC
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CVE-2026-13397 CPAN Security Group
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CVE ID: CVE-2026-13397
Distribution: HTML-Bare
Versions: through 0.04
MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/dist/HTML-Bare
VCS Repo: https://github.com/nanoscopic/perl-HTML-Bare
HTML::Bare versions through 0.04 for Perl will hang in an infinite loop
when parsing malformed attributes
Description
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HTML::Bare versions through 0.04 for Perl will hang in an infinite loop
when parsing malformed attributes.
The parserc_parse function never advances the attribute-parse state
cursor on certain malformed attribute forms, looping forever.
Nameless attributes such as "<a ='c'>" or unbalanced quotes "<a
b='''''''c'>" can trigger this condition.
Note that the latest version available on CPAN is version 0.02. Newer
versions are available on the git repository.
Problem types
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- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Workarounds
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Apply the patch.
References
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https://github.com/nanoscopic/perl-HTML-Bare/pull/1
https://security.metacpan.org/patches/H/HTML-Bare/0.02/CVE-2026-13397-r1.patch