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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-13397 EUVD-2026-44963GHSA-xfxg-9rjg-hqrw

HTML::Bare versions through 0.04 for Perl will hang in an infinite loop when parsing malformed attributes

Published Jul 16, 2026 · Updated Jul 17, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec

Description

HTML::Bare versions through 0.04 for Perl will hang in an infinite loop when parsing malformed attributes.

The parserc_parse function never advances the attribute-parse state cursor on certain malformed attribute forms, looping forever.

Nameless attributes such as "<a ='c'>" or unbalanced quotes "<a b='''''''c'>" can trigger this condition.

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
CODECHILD HTML::Bare ≤ 0.04 —

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