IO::Uncompress::Unzip versions before 2.220 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via per-byte read loop in fastForward.
fastForward() compares length $offset (the digit count of the offset, 1 to 19) against the chunk size $c instead of $offset itself, so $c shrinks from 16 KiB to 1-19 bytes per iteration.
Extracting a named entry from an attacker supplied zip via IO::Uncompress::Unzip->new($zip, Name => $target) drives a per-byte read loop scaling with the entry's compressed size, up to the non-Zip64 4 GiB cap.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade perl-IO-Compress | Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 23, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade perlUpgrade libio-compress-perl | Sep 21, 2026 | May 27, 2026 |
| Ibm Aix | — | Apply the fix or workaround for aix_vios_advisory | Aug 16, 2026 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 17, 2026 | May 27, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade perlUpgrade perl-modules-5.38 | Aug 27, 2026 | May 27, 2026 |
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