CVE-2026-116128

starlet: Starlet versions from 0.20 before 0.33 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded buffering when decoding chunked...

CVE-2026-116128 is fixed in starlet on 1 platform by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116128 (version 0.33-1), released November 3, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0038
32nd percentile

Starlet versions from 0.20 before 0.33 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded buffering when decoding chunked request bodies. The decoder adds each read to one buffer of unconsumed input. Nothing limits the length of a chunk-size line, so a line without a CRLF grows the buffer for as long as the client keeps sending, and the read timeout restarts after every read. The data of a large chunk is also held in the buffer until the whole chunk has arrived. A remote attacker can exhaust a worker's memory with a single request.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
starlet · Debian 14 0.33-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116128 Nov 3, 2026

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