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CVE-2026-115824

Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded buffering of chunked request bodies

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ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
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Fixed in0.4019Fixed versionCVE List
Published25 Oct 2026Updated 25 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

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Reports 1

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Description

Starman versions before 0.4019 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded buffering of chunked request bodies.

The chunked body decoder keeps each chunk in memory until the whole chunk and its CRLF have arrived, and sets no limit on the length of a chunk-size line. A client that declares a huge chunk size and streams data, or sends a chunk-size line that never ends, grows the buffer for as long as it keeps sending.

A remote attacker can exhaust worker memory with a single connection.

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Affected versions 1

  • Productaffected: all versions before 0.4019CVE List

References 3