Buffer under-read in Text::CSV_XS trailing blank stripping
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Text::CSV_XS for Perl before 1.65 reads one byte before the buffer of an all-blank field when strip_trail_whitespace runs under allow_whitespace. The flaw is a buffer under-read (CWE-127) caused by a missing check at the start of the field. A remote attacker with no privileges and no user interaction can read data outside the field buffer, with high confidentiality impact.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Text::CSV_XS versions before 1.65 for Perl read before the start of an all-blank field under allow_whitespace in strip_trail_whitespace. Under allow_whitespace, strip_trail_whitespace removes trailing spaces and tabs from each unquoted field without stopping at the start of the field. For a field of only blanks it reads the byte before the field's heap buffer. If that byte is also a space or tab, it may be zeroed and the walk continue backwards, depending on what the allocator placed there. Leading blanks are normally skipped before a field is stored, but an all-blank field still arrives after a leading escape_char that differs from quote_char, or as a quoted field in getline when its line ends in two CRs.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Text-CSV_XS | before 1.65 | 1.65 | Patch available | CNA |
- Text-CSV_XS Vendor— Affected before 1.65 Fixed in 1.65 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Upgrade Text-CSV_XS to version 1.65. Red Hat rates the issue Moderate and lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, 7 and 9 as affected with no fix plan available.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Text-CSV_XS Fixed in 1.65
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110758
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-fxm8-2g6q-9hhf
- 2026-10-18 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-18 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-20 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-110758 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-110758 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fxm8-2g6q-9hhf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-110758 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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