{"id":"CVE-2026-82560","title":"Pod::Text versions before 6.1.1 for Perl allow CPU and memory exhaustion formatting a POD document whose =over nesting drives the margin to the output width.\n\nEach =over adds its indent to the margin, which wrap() subtracts from the outp…","summary":"Pod::Text versions before 6.1.1 for Perl allow CPU and memory exhaustion formatting a POD document whose =over nesting drives the margin to the output width.\n\nEach =over adds its indent to the margin, which wrap() subtracts from the outp…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-835"],"product":"podlators","affected":["podlators < 6.1.1","perl <= 5.45.2"],"published":"2026-09-19","updated":"2026-09-21","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-21T19:17:12.987","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82560","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/rra/podlators/commit/70510174f69eb54aa6d617bde4e1402cd9b7c61f.patch","label":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/RRA/podlators-v6.1.0/source/lib/Pod/Text.pm#L245-261","label":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/RRA/podlators-v6.1.1/changes","label":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/19/6","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-21T18:38:28.024702Z"},"epss":0.00209,"epssPercentile":0.11323,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-19T16:05:40.805Z","slug":"CVE-2026-82560","body":"## Overview\n\nPod::Text versions before 6.1.1 for Perl allow CPU and memory exhaustion formatting a POD document whose =over nesting drives the margin to the output width.\n\nEach =over adds its indent to the margin, which wrap() subtracts from the output width to get the space available for text. When that space reaches zero, the line-splitting substitution matches the empty string, and the loop consumes no input while appending the margin padding on every pass.\n\nFormatting an attacker-supplied POD document never returns, and the output grows until memory is exhausted.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":208755,"id":"CVE-2026-82560","ts":1790020356572,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"7.5"},{"seq":208754,"id":"CVE-2026-82560","ts":1790020356572,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}