HTML::Bare versions through 0.04 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.

Note that the latest version available on CPAN is version 0.02. Newer versions are available on the git repository.

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
CODECHILD HTML::Bare unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 0.04

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Apply the patch to version 0.02 (from CPAN) or version 0.04 (from the git repository).

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https://github.com/nanoscopic/perl-HTML-Bare/pull/2 cve-icon
https://security.metacpan.org/patches/H/HTML-Bare/0.02/CVE-2026-57073-r1.patch cve-icon
https://security.metacpan.org/patches/H/HTML-Bare/0.04/CVE-2026-57073-r2.patch cve-icon
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Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description HTML::Bare versions through 0.04 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. Note that the latest version available on CPAN is version 0.02. Newer versions are available on the git repository.
Title HTML::Bare versions through 0.04 for Perl have an unbounded character lookahead
Weaknesses CWE-125
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-16T16:15:16.551Z

Reserved: 2026-06-23T17:59:40.467Z

Link: CVE-2026-57073

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