CVE-2026-48959

IO::Uncompress::Unzip versions before 2.220 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via per-byte read loop in fastForward. fastForward() compares length $offset (the digit count of the offset, 1 to 19) against the chunk size $c instead of $offset itself, so $c shrinks from 16 KiB to 1-19 bytes per iteration. Extracting a named entry from an attacker supplied zip via IO::Uncompress::Unzip->new($zip, Name => $target) drives a per-byte read loop scaling with the entry's compressed size, up to the non-Zip64 4 GiB cap.
Configurations

No configuration.

History

29 May 2026, 16:16

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5

27 May 2026, 08:16

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References
  • () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/2 -

27 May 2026, 04:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-27 04:16

Updated : 2026-05-29 16:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-48959

Mitre link : CVE-2026-48959

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-48959


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Products Affected

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CWE
CWE-407

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity