CVE-2026-8594CWE-405CWE-407

Text::LineFold versions through 2019.001 for Perl duplicate the output based on the number of special break characters

Medium · published May 30, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Text::LineFold versions through 2019.001 for Perl duplicate the output based on the number of special break characters.

Text::LineFold splits the input string by specific line break characters (such as VT, FF and others) into segments, but applies the break function to the entire string, not just the segment.

A side effect of this is that the full input can be duplicated for each segment. Besides being incorrect, this can lead to unexpected resource consumption and possible denial of service.

Note that Text::LineFold is part of the Unicode-LineBreak distribution, which may have a higher version number than the module.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.2 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00186 · 7.8th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-405 · Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification); CWE-407 · Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Published
2026-05-30T15:32Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 MAY 15:32Z
    Text::LineFold versions through 2019.001 for Perl duplicate the output based on the number of special break characters
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