CVE-2026-77781 PUBLISHED

Tie::Hash::Regex versions before 2.0.0 for Perl will throw an exception on unparseable lookup keys

Assigner: CPANSec
Reserved: 21.08.2026 Published: 21.08.2026 Updated: 22.08.2026

Tie::Hash::Regex versions before 2.0.0 for Perl will throw an exception on unparseable lookup keys.

The FETCH, EXISTS and DELETE methods throw an exception when on malformed regular expressions.

Each method falls back to a regex match when the key is not already stored in the hash, compiling the caller's key with a bare qr// and no eval guard. A key that is not a valid regular expression pattern, such as a single unmatched bracket, dies.

An application that looks up externally supplied strings in a tied hash will die on an invalid key.

Product Status

Package Collection https://cpan.org/modules
Package Name Tie-Hash-Regex
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.0.0 (excl.)

Workarounds

For deployments that cannot be upgraded, ensure that calls to check the existence of keys, fetch values from keys or delete keys are wrapped in an eval block.

Solutions

Upgrade to Tie::Hash::Regex version 2.0.0 or later.

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-248 Uncaught Exception CWE