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CVE-2026-110759

Text::CSV_XS versions before 1.65 for Perl return a 0xFF byte that is not in the input for an empty last field followed by a lone CR in parse

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CVSS
9.8Critical
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.34%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in1.65Fixed versionCVE List
Published16 Oct 2026Updated 20 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

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Description

Text::CSV_XS versions before 1.65 for Perl return a 0xFF byte that is not in the input for an empty last field followed by a lone CR in parse.

When the input to parse ends in a separator and a lone CR, the parser treats the end of the input as the next character and stores the end-of-file marker in the field as the byte 0xFF. With binary set, parse("a,\r") returns the fields "a" and "\xFF". On UTF-8 flagged input the last field is a UTF-8 flagged string holding that lone byte, which is malformed UTF-8. The same input with a non-empty last field is rejected as an error.

A CRLF file read line by line and chomped ends this way when its last column is empty, so the application receives a byte that is not in its input.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 1

  • Productaffected: all versions before 1.65CVE List

References 2