CVE-2026-57073

CODECHILD HTML::BareVulnerabilityCVSS 9.1

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 " " 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.

No public exploitation has been reported so far. No distribution fix is listed yet; apply vendor mitigations and monitor.

Recommended action: Track your distribution's security tracker and apply the fix as soon as it ships.

CVE-2026-57073 CODECHILD HTML::Bare Vulnerability

Severity metrics

CVSS 3.1 : 9.1 CRITICAL

Attack vectorNetwork (remote)

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredNone

User interactionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Confidentiality impactHigh

Integrity impactNone

Availability impactHigh

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected & fixed versions by distribution

Versions are the native distribution strings (backport-aware): RHEL/Debian/SUSE backport fixes, so compare with the distro version comparator (dpkg / rpm / vercmp), not the upstream version.

No affected package in the tracked watchlist yet (Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, SUSE, Red Hat...). Triage may still be pending.

Sources

Advisory NVD CVE.org

Published 2026-07-16 · updated 2026-07-26 · source: NVD