CVE-2026-57074CWE-125

XML::Bare versions through 0.53 for Perl have an unbounded character lookahead

Critical · published July 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

XML::Bare versions through 0.53 for Perl have an unbounded character lookahead.

The parserc_parse function attempts to check for multicharacter strings such as "<![CDATA" or element terminators such as ">" without checking that the offsets are within the buffer.

Truncated strings such as "<a/" can trigger an out-of-bounds read.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00632 · 49.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read
Published
2026-07-16T16:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 JUL 16:15Z
    XML::Bare versions through 0.53 for Perl have an unbounded character lookahead
    cvelistv5