Starlet versions before 0.33 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory.

The request body is read in a loop that asks sysread for all of the remaining declared length at once. Perl grows the read buffer to that size before any data arrives, so a length larger than available memory makes the worker exit with an uncatchable out of memory error before the application is called.

A remote attacker can force a worker restart with each request of a few bytes.
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Solution

Upgrade to Starlet 0.33 or later.


Workaround

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History

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Kazuho
Kazuho starlet
Vendors & Products Kazuho
Kazuho starlet

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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Description Starlet versions before 0.33 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory. The request body is read in a loop that asks sysread for all of the remaining declared length at once. Perl grows the read buffer to that size before any data arrives, so a length larger than available memory makes the worker exit with an uncatchable out of memory error before the application is called. A remote attacker can force a worker restart with each request of a few bytes.
Title Starlet versions before 0.33 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory
Weaknesses CWE-789
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-30T12:44:06.034Z

Reserved: 2026-10-23T17:37:33.627Z

Link: CVE-2026-115865

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-30T13:18:30.947

Modified: 2026-10-30T17:13:54.187

Link: CVE-2026-115865

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-30T16:00:15Z

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