HTTP Body up to 1.23_00 Chunked Mode add incorrect regex

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in HTTP Body up to 1.23_00. This impacts the function Add of the component Chunked Mode. The manipulation results in incorrect regex. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-116285. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in HTTP Body up to 1.23_00. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function add of the component Chunked Mode. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a incorrect regex vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-185. The product specifies a regular expression in a way that causes data to be improperly matched or compared. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic regex backtracking when parsing chunked request bodies. In chunked mode, used when no content length is given, add() matches each chunk-size line with `/^([\da-fA-F]+).*\x0D\x0A/`. On a line of hex digits whose first LF has no CR before it, the digits and `.*` backtrack against each other, so a single add() takes time quadratic in the line's length. Nothing limits how long the line can be. A remote attacker can exhaust CPU in applications that pass chunked request bodies to HTTP::Body.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-116285 since 10/26/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 1.23_01 eliminates this vulnerability.

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