---
id: CVE-2026-115824
title: >-
  Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded
  buffering of chunked request bodies
summary: >-
  Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded
  buffering of chunked request bodies.


  The chunked body decoder keeps each chunk in memory until the whole chunk and
  its CRLF have arrived, and sets no limit on…
severity: none
cwe:
  - CWE-770
product: Starman
affected:
  - Starman < 0.4019
published: '2026-10-25'
updated: '2026-10-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-25T16:51:39.510Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115824'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/miyagawa/Starman/commit/d789a02dbe5408ef5f7a4659078d0008dd84c308.patch
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/miyagawa/Starman/commit/0f33f9b132b5e410d6cce722ff71988e22476acf.patch
  - url: 'https://metacpan.org/release/MIYAGAWA/Starman-0.4019/changes'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-25T22:08:29.931Z'
---

## Overview

Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded buffering of chunked request bodies.

The chunked body decoder keeps each chunk in memory until the whole chunk and its CRLF have arrived, and sets no limit on the length of a chunk-size line. A client that declares a huge chunk size and streams data, or sends a chunk-size line that never ends, grows the buffer for as long as it keeps sending.

A remote attacker can exhaust worker memory with a single connection.

## Affected

- `Starman < 0.4019`

## Remediation

Upgrade to Starman 0.4019 or later.