CVE-2026-115864 PUBLISHED

Monoceros versions before 0.30 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory

Assigner: CPANSec
Reserved: 23.10.2026 Published: 09.11.2026 Updated: 10.11.2026

Monoceros versions before 0.30 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.

Product Status

Package Collection https://cpan.org/modules
Package Name Monoceros
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 0.30 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to Monoceros 0.30 or later.

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value CWE