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critical 9.8

CVE-2026-110753 json

Text::CSV_XS versions from 1.46 before 1.65 for Perl have a use-after-free of bind_columns variables when skip_empty_rows skips an empty line in getline

published 2026-10-16 23 d ago modified 2026-10-20 19 d ago also EUVD-2026-103193

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Text::CSV_XS versions from 1.46 before 1.65 for Perl have a use-after-free of bind_columns variables when skip_empty_rows skips an empty line in getline.

With bind_columns, the parser writes each field into the caller's own scalar without taking a reference to it. When skip_empty_rows skips an empty last line, the parser frees the current field scalar without checking whether it is bound, dropping one reference from the application's variable. The "eof" mode does the same on any empty line.

The variable is then freed while the application still references it, so later code uses freed memory and can crash the process.

Patch / fix

  • libtext-csv-xs-perl Debian 14 1.65-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-110753

  • perl-Text-CSV_XS openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.650.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:12218-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-110753 updated cvss 5.5

perl-text-csv_xs: perl-text-csv_xs: Denial of Service via use-after-free when parsing empty rows

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perl-Text-CSV_XS 1.62-1.el10_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 perl-Text-CSV_XS 1.62-1.el10_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 perl-Text-CSV_XS 1.62-1.el10_2
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
19 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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