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Buffer under-read in Text::CSV_XS trailing blank stripping

Priority LOW 39CWE-127Published · Updated

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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00354 29th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Text-CSV_XS: 1.65Red Hat: 3 without a fix

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
—Text-CSV_XSbefore 1.651.65Patch availableCNA
  • 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 →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-110758
  2. 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-fxm8-2g6q-9hhf
  3. 2026-10-18 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  4. 2026-10-18 CVSS score added · Red Hat
  5. 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
  6. 2026-10-20 CISA SSVC decision points changed

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