Upstream information
Description
HTML::FormHandler versions through 0.40068 for Perl allow attacker selected method dispatch and resource exhaustion because _apply_actions and add_error use error message text built from request data as a Locale::Maketext bracket notation template.add_error hands its first argument to the language handle as the Locale::Maketext message key, and the default handle's lexicon sets `_AUTO`, so a string that is not a lexicon entry is compiled as a bracket notation template instead of being looked up. In a bracket group the first token names a method called on the language handle and the remaining tokens are its arguments.
Three kinds of text the library did not author reach that position. _apply_actions installs a `$SIG{__WARN__}` handler that stores the warning text in `$error_message`, and a captured warning survives a successful action, so a field carrying a numeric transform turns `Argument "[sprintf,%50000000d,0]" isn't numeric` into the template; a warning quotes the submitted value verbatim, so the group is well formed and dispatches. `$error_message ||= $tobj->validate($new_value)` takes a type constraint's own failure message, which renders the rejected value through a partial dumper in bracket and comma form (Devel::PartialDump when Moose can load it, Type::Tiny's own dumper always), so a field with `apply => [ Str ]` given a parameter sent more than once, which arrives as an array, gets `Reference ["a","b"] did not pass type constraint "Str"` as its template, from a request that carries no bracket character of its own. A coercion or transform exception reaches it the same way. Beyond those, a validator whose message contains the field value puts that value in the template directly, and add_error replaces the message list with the contents of an arrayref first argument (`@message = @{$message[0]} if ref $message[0] eq 'ARRAY'`), so a value arriving as an array fills the argument slots from the same request as well.
A malformed group such as `[0]` makes the compile croak, and HTML::FormHandler::I18N::maketext and add_error each re-raise that as a die, so process() throws. A well formed group naming sprintf reaches CORE::sprintf with an attacker chosen field width. Any caller that applies a type constraint or a transform to an untrusted field, or whose validator passes an untrusted field value to add_error, can be made to throw an unhandled exception out of process(), or to allocate an arbitrary amount of memory in one request, and an application whose language handle subclass defines side effecting public methods makes those callable with attacker chosen arguments. The dumped type constraint message is bounded to the exception, because both dumpers quote non-numeric elements so the method slot is never an attacker chosen name. The built-in messages pass fixed templates with the value in an argument slot, where it stays inert, and the built-in field types attach explicit message callbacks, so neither is affected.
SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Ignore
This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.
| CVSS detail | CNA (CISA-ADP) |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 9.1 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | None |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3.1 |
Status of this issue by product and package
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| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products under general support and receiving all security fixes. | ||
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | perl | Analysis |
| Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes. | ||
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | perl | Analysis |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | perl | Analysis |
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| HPE Helion OpenStack 8 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP1 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP3 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS | perl | Ignore |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | perl | Unsupported |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | perl | Analysis |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | perl | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | perl | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | perl | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | perl | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | perl | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 | perl | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 | perl | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 | perl | Analysis |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 | perl | Analysis |
| Container Status | ||
| bci/dotnet-aspnet:5.0 bci/dotnet-runtime:5.0 bci/dotnet-sdk:5.0 bci/spack bci/spack:0.23 containers/lmcache-lmstack-router:0 containers/open-webui-pipelines:0 private-registry/1.2/harbor-portal private-registry/harbor-nginx private-registry/harbor-portal ses/7.1/ceph/haproxy ses/7.1/ceph/keepalived suse/kiosk/firefox-esr suse/kiosk/firefox-esr:esr suse/kiosk/tigervnc-x11vnc suse/kiosk/xorg suse/kiosk/xorg-client suse/kiosk/xorg:21 suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server-migration-14-16 suse/mariadb suse/mariadb:10.11 suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server-migration-14-16 suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/server suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/server-database-migration suse/nginx suse/nginx:1.21 suse/pcp suse/pcp:5 suse/pcp:6 suse/postgres suse/postgres:16.14 suse/postgres:17.10 suse/registry suse/registry:2.8 suse/rmt-mariadb suse/rmt-nginx suse/sle-micro/5.0/toolbox suse/sle-micro/5.1/toolbox suse/sle-micro/5.2/toolbox suse/sle-micro/5.3/toolbox suse/sle-micro/5.4/toolbox suse/sle-micro/5.5 suse/sle-micro/5.5/toolbox suse/sle-micro/rt-5.5 suse/sles/15.2/virt-launcher:0.38.1 suse/sles/15.3/libguestfs-tools:0.45.0 suse/sles/15.3/virt-launcher:0.45.0 suse/sles/15.4/libguestfs-tools:0.49.0 suse/sles/15.4/virt-launcher:0.49.0 suse/sles/15.6/libguestfs-tools:1.1.1 suse/sles/15.7/libguestfs-tools:1.5.0 third-party/nvidia/driver:550-sles15.7 third-party/nvidia/driver:570-sles15.7 third-party/nvidia/driver:575-sles15.7 third-party/nvidia/driver:580-sles15.7 third-party/nvidia/driver:590-sles15.7 third-party/nvidia/driver:595-sles15.7 | perl | Analysis |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Aug 14 11:22:27 2026CVE page last modified: Tue Aug 18 19:24:26 2026