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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2026-110755 json

Text::CSV_XS versions before 1.65 for Perl allow quadratic CPU use by copying the unparsed remainder per record of CR-only input in getline

published 2026-10-16 23 d ago modified 2026-10-20 19 d ago also EUVD-2026-103195

cvss
7.5
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 before 1.65 for Perl allow quadratic CPU use by copying the unparsed remainder per record of CR-only input in getline.

With eol unset, the default, getline reads with Perl's default line separator, so input with CR-only line endings arrives as one chunk. After each record the parser copies the whole unparsed remainder into a new buffer, which the next call parses and copies again, so the work grows with the square of the input size.

A reader with default options that is sent CSV with classic Mac line endings spends seconds of CPU time on a megabyte of input.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-110755

  • perl-Text-CSV_XS SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4 +8 more 1.34-150000.3.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:5120-1

  • 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-2026-110755 updated cvss 5.3

perl-text-csv_xs: Text::CSV_XS: Denial of Service via crafted carriage return line endings

  • 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
partial
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 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

References

Sources

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