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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.2

CVE-2026-8594 json

Text::LineFold versions through 2019.001 for Perl duplicate the output based on the number of special break characters

published 2026-05-30 5 mo ago modified 2026-07-22 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-33466

cvss
6.2
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Text::LineFold versions through 2019.001 for Perl duplicate the output based on the number of special break characters.

Text::LineFold splits the input string by specific line break characters (such as VT, FF and others) into segments, but applies the break function to the entire string, not just the segment.

A side effect of this is that the full input can be duplicated for each segment. Besides being incorrect, this can lead to unexpected resource consumption and possible denial of service.

Note that Text::LineFold is part of the Unicode-LineBreak distribution, which may have a higher version number than the module.

Patch / fix

  • libunicode-linebreak-perl Debian 14 0.0.20190101-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-8594

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • NEZUMI Text::LineFold

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-405 Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)
  • CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

References

Sources

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