Monoceros versions before 0.30 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory.

The request body is read in a loop that asks sysread for all of the remaining declared length at once. Perl grows the read buffer to that size before any data arrives, so a length larger than available memory makes the worker exit with an uncatchable out of memory error before the application is called.

A remote attacker can force a worker restart with each request of a few bytes.
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Solution

Upgrade to Monoceros 0.30 or later.


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Description Monoceros versions before 0.30 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory. The request body is read in a loop that asks sysread for all of the remaining declared length at once. Perl grows the read buffer to that size before any data arrives, so a length larger than available memory makes the worker exit with an uncatchable out of memory error before the application is called. A remote attacker can force a worker restart with each request of a few bytes.
Title Monoceros versions before 0.30 for Perl allow a request declaring a large Content-Length to kill a worker by exhausting memory
Weaknesses CWE-789
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-10T00:11:03.849Z

Reserved: 2026-10-23T17:37:33.626Z

Link: CVE-2026-115864

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-09T22:18:28.247

Modified: 2026-11-10T01:17:15.747

Link: CVE-2026-115864

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Updated: 2026-11-09T22:45:08Z

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