CVE-2026-8829
HTML::Entities versions before 3.84 for Perl read freed heap memory in _decode_entities
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 7.5EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch referenciado
Lifecycle
04 Jun 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
HTML::Entities versions before 3.84 for Perl read freed heap memory in _decode_entities.
The XS routine backing HTML::Entities::_decode_entities cached a pointer (repl) into the entity-value SV returned by hv_fetch on the entity2char hash. When the input SV was identical to a value SV in that hash, and that value contained its own key as an entity reference, a later call to grow_gap() reallocated the SV's PV buffer and freed the backing allocation that repl still pointed into. The subsequent copy loop read repl_len bytes from the freed allocation.
The read may disclose adjacent heap contents into the destination SV.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
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