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TI-2026-59471 Aliases CVE-2026-87082GHSA-4v8j-337r-265v

Infinite loop in Net-IDN-Encode

Priority LOW 39CWE-1286Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-835.

Summary

Net::IDN::Punycode versions before 2.590 for Perl hang, crash or return a wrong label via unvalidated malformed UTF-8 in encode_punycode. Neither backend checks that its input is well-formed UTF-8, so a string with the UTF-8 flag set over malformed bytes, as the :utf8 PerlIO layer produces from any malformed input, reaches the encoder unchecked. On perl 5.32 and later the XS backend reports a malformed sequence with a length of `(STRLEN)-1`, so the scan steps back one byte instead of forward and never ends. On earlier perls the XS returns a valid label for a different name. The pure-Perl backend runs a regex over the flagged string. Depending on the bytes, it aborts with SIGBUS on perl 5.28 and later, dies with a panic, or returns a wrong label. The documented conversion functions match the label against Unicode properties first and that match dies on such a string, so only a direct call to encode_punycode reaches the defect. The decoder is not affected. A direct caller encoding attacker-supplied bytes hangs, crashes or gets a label for a name the input never held.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00422 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Net-IDN-Encode: 2.590

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Net-IDN-Encodebefore 2.5902.590Patch availableCNA
  • Net-IDN-Encode Vendor— Affected before 2.590 Fixed in 2.590 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Net-IDN-Encode Fixed in 2.590

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-87082
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4v8j-337r-265v
  3. 2026-10-13 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
  4. 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  5. 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  6. 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat

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