DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116135: Debian/libhttp-body-perl vulnerability

Published Oct 28, 2026
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Updated

HTTP::Body versions before 1.2301 for Perl drop mixed-case percent escapes from urlencoded form fields instead of decoding them. The decode table holds only the all-lowercase and all-uppercase spelling of each hex pair, while the escape pattern matches either case. An escape such as %aB finds no entry and is replaced with nothing, joining the bytes on either side. Hex digits in percent escapes are case-insensitive, and conforming decoders return the byte. A remote attacker can send a field name or value that a conforming decoder in front of the application reads differently, so that pass%aBword reaches the application as password.

Affected Software

3 affected components
debian/libhttp-body-perl*
debian/libhttp-body-perl*
debian/libhttp-body-perl*

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade HTTP::Body to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 1.23_01

Event History

Oct 28, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·06:17 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·06:17 PM
DescriptionAffected Software

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