perl CVE-2026-13221 and 57432

[Joe Locash]

Just reporting for those interested.

Message-Id: <E4CFC743-A21C-448F-8141-5E9FF5E1F22B@stig.io>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:43:01 +0200
From: Stig Palmquist <stig@...g.io>
To: cve-announce@...urity.metacpan.org,
 oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE-2026-13221: Perl versions through 5.43.9 produce silently
 incorrect regular expression matches when an alternation of more than 65535
 fixed string branches is compiled into a trie in Perl_study_chunk

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CVE-2026-13221                                       CPAN Security Group
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        CVE ID:  CVE-2026-13221
  Distribution:  perl
      Versions:  through 5.43.9

      MetaCPAN:  https://metacpan.org/dist/perl
      VCS Repo:  https://github.com/Perl/perl5


Perl versions through 5.43.9 produce silently incorrect regular
expression matches when an alternation of more than 65535 fixed string
branches is compiled into a trie in Perl_study_chunk

Description
-----------
Perl versions through 5.43.9 produce silently incorrect regular
expression matches when an alternation of more than 65535 fixed string
branches is compiled into a trie in Perl_study_chunk.

When such branches are combined into a trie, the delta between the
first branch and the shared tail is stored in a 16-bit field. A branch
count above 65535 overflows the field, and the trie's match decision
table is truncated with no warning or error.

A pattern of this shape produces false positive matches (matching
strings it should not) and false negative matches (failing to match
strings it should). When such a pattern gates an access or filtering
decision, the result is wrong.

Problem types
-------------
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Solutions
---------
Apply the upstream patch. The fix is included in the Perl 5.43.10
development release.


References
----------
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/03f74bbbd3a68350d926ee93d56ee4808c28c4c7.patch
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/issues/23388

Message-Id: <4707DBC6-795C-4A34-92C3-01733583170F@stig.io>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:45:47 +0200
From: Stig Palmquist <stig@...g.io>
To: cve-announce@...urity.metacpan.org,
 oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE-2026-57432: Perl versions through 5.43.10 have an integer
 overflow in S_measure_struct leading to an out-of-bounds heap read in pack
 and unpack

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CVE-2026-57432                                       CPAN Security Group
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        CVE ID:  CVE-2026-57432
  Distribution:  perl
      Versions:  through 5.43.10

      MetaCPAN:  https://metacpan.org/dist/perl
      VCS Repo:  https://github.com/Perl/perl5


Perl versions through 5.43.10 have an integer overflow in
S_measure_struct leading to an out-of-bounds heap read in pack and
unpack

Description
-----------
Perl versions through 5.43.10 have an integer overflow in
S_measure_struct leading to an out-of-bounds heap read in pack and
unpack.

S_measure_struct adds each item's size times its repeat count to a
running total with no overflow check, so a large repeat count in a pack
or unpack template wraps the signed SSize_t total negative. The @, X,
and x position codes then guard their moves with a signed length
comparison that passes when the length is negative, advancing the
buffer pointer out of bounds.

A template derived from untrusted input can read heap memory past the
buffer and return it to the caller.

Problem types
-------------
- CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

Solutions
---------
Apply the upstream patches. The fix is included in the Perl 5.43.11
development release.


References
----------
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/5f7eb6bbbe0510964e3fb1d6bb691e5445913e55.patch
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/40754edc72dd3e513d758153c0e2f0215897740e.patch