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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-86287 EUVD-2026-72526GHSA-456r-qjr2-xph9

Net::IP::LPM versions before 1.12 for Perl accept malformed prefix lengths

Published Sep 7, 2026 · Updated Sep 8, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec

Description

Net::IP::LPM versions before 1.12 for Perl accept malformed prefix lengths.

Non-numeric and non-ASCII prefix lengths are accepted and treated as 0. Integers over 31 bits are silently truncated. A single malformed mask will poison the lookup table.

The result is that the lookup will silently succeed for every address. An allow-list will allow every address, and a deny-list will block every address.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Net-IP-LPM < 1.12 1.12

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