Description
Date::Manip versions through 7.00 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via quadratic backtracking in the unanchored time substitution in _parse_time.
_parse_time removes a time from anywhere in the string with the unanchored substitution `s/$timerx/ /`, where $timerx is an auto-generated alternation of time patterns reached through a leading `(?:$atrx|^|\s+)`. The engine therefore retries the match at every position of an interior whitespace run: at each start position the leading `\s+` consumes the rest of the run greedily, the time alternation fails because the run holds no digits, and the engine backtracks a space at a time across the run before advancing the start position, which is quadratic in the length of the run. No time need be present in the string for this to happen, only a long run of whitespace, and the parse time rises about fourfold for each doubling of the run: a few kilobytes of whitespace costs seconds of CPU per parse and tens of kilobytes costs minutes.
Any caller that passes an untrusted string of unbounded length to ParseDate(), Date::Manip::Date->parse() or ->parse_time() can be made to spend unbounded CPU in a single parse, a denial of service.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Date-Manip | ≤ 7.00 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | libdate-manip-perl | 6.99-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | libdate-manip-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | libdate-manip-perl | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | libdate-manip-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | libdate-manip-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | libdate-manip-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | libdate-manip-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | libdate-manip-perl | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | libdate-manip-perl | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | libdate-manip-perl | No fix yet | — |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 10 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.94-5.el10_2.1 | RHSA-2026:56971 |
| RHEL 9 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.85-3.el9_8.1 | RHSA-2026:56970 |
| RHEL 8 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.60-3.el8_10.1 | RHSA-2026:57562 |
AlmaLinux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux 10 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.94-5.el10_2.1 | ALSA-2026:56971 |
| AlmaLinux 9 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.85-3.el9_8.1 | ALSA-2026:56970 |
| AlmaLinux 8 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.60-3.el8_10.1 | ALSA-2026:57562 |
Rocky Linux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux 10 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.94-5.el10_2.1 | RLSA-2026:56971 |
| Rocky Linux 9 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.85-3.el9_8.1 | RLSA-2026:56970 |
| Rocky Linux 8 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.60-3.el8_10.1 | RLSA-2026:57562 |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP7 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.70-150000.4.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3551-1 |
| SLES 15 SP6 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.70-150000.4.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3551-1 |
| SLES 15 SP5 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.70-150000.4.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3551-1 |
| SLES 15 SP4 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.70-150000.4.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3551-1 |
| SLES 12 SP5 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.42-3.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3537-1 |
Show 7 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.960.0-160000.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23229-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23218-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP6 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.70-150000.4.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3551-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP5 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.70-150000.4.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3551-1 |
| SLES for SAP 15 SP4 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.70-150000.4.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3551-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.960.0-160000.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23229-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23218-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP5 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.70-150000.4.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3551-1 |
| SLE HPC 15 SP4 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.70-150000.4.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:3551-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | perl-Date-Manip | 6.990.0-2.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:11457-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.960.0-160000.3.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21552-1, openSUSE-SU-2026:21510-1 |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.85-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-2050 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.41-2.amzn2.0.1 | ALAS2-2026-3856 |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | perl-Date-Manip | No fix yet | — |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 10 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.94-5.el10_2.1 | ELSA-2026-56971 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.85-3.el9_8.1 | ELSA-2026-56970 |
| Oracle Linux 8 | perl-Date-Manip | 6.60-3.el8_10.1 | ELSA-2026-57562 |
Advisories 23
- WID-SEC-2026-4090 Oracle Communications: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 11, 2026
- ALSA-2026:56970 Important: perl-Date-Manip security update AlmaLinux Security Advisories · Oct 29, 2026
- ALSA-2026:56971 Important: perl-Date-Manip security update AlmaLinux Security Advisories · Oct 29, 2026
- ALSA-2026:57562 Important: perl-Date-Manip security update AlmaLinux Security Advisories · Oct 29, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23229-1 Security update for perl-Date-Manip SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 27, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23218-1 Security update for perl-Date-Manip SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 27, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-2937 Perl: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 26, 2026
- RHSA-2026:57562 Red Hat Security Advisory: perl-Date-Manip security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Aug 21, 2026
- RHSA-2026:56971 Red Hat Security Advisory: perl-Date-Manip security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Aug 21, 2026
- RHSA-2026:56970 Red Hat Security Advisory: perl-Date-Manip security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Aug 21, 2026
- RLSA-2026:57562 Important: perl-Date-Manip security update Rocky Linux Security Advisories · Aug 21, 2026
- ELSA-2026-56970 Important: perl-Date-Manip security update (Oracle Linux 9) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Aug 21, 2026
- RLSA-2026:56970 Important: perl-Date-Manip security update Rocky Linux Security Advisories · Aug 20, 2026
- RLSA-2026:56971 Important: perl-Date-Manip security update Rocky Linux Security Advisories · Aug 20, 2026
- ELSA-2026-57562 Important: perl-Date-Manip security update (Oracle Linux 8) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Aug 20, 2026
- ELSA-2026-56971 Important: perl-Date-Manip security update (Oracle Linux 10) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Aug 19, 2026
- ALAS2-2026-3856 Important: perl-Date-Manip security update (Amazon Linux 2) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Aug 17, 2026
- ALAS2023-2026-2050 Important: perl-Date-Manip security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Aug 17, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21552-1 Security update for perl-Date-Manip SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 12, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:3551-1 Security update for perl-Date-Manip SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 12, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:3537-1 Security update for perl-Date-Manip SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 11, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:11457-1 perl-Date-Manip-6.990.0-2.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 6, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21510-1 Security update for perl-Date-Manip SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 2, 2026
References
- https://security.metacpan.org/patches/D/Date-Manip/6.99/CVE-2026-60075-r1.patch patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/SBECK/Date-Manip-6.99/source/lib/Date/Manip/Date.pm#L1811
- https://metacpan.org/release/SBECK/Date-Manip-6.99/source/lib/Date/Manip/Date.pm#L1526
- https://github.com/SBECK-github/Date-Manip/pull/55 issue-tracking