Upstream information
Description
Form::Processor::Field::HtmlArea versions from 0.06 through 1.162360 for Perl allow attacker selected method dispatch and resource exhaustion via an HTML::Tidy diagnostic that validate passes to add_error as a Locale::Maketext template.validate runs HTML::Tidy over the submitted markup and passes each resulting message to add_error as its first argument, which add_error hands to the language handle as the Locale::Maketext message key. The default handle's lexicon sets `_AUTO`, so a message that is not a lexicon entry is compiled as a bracket notation template instead of being looked up. Tidy diagnostics quote the offending attribute name or value, so a bracket group in the submitted markup reaches the template position, where the first token of the group names a method called on the language handle and the remaining tokens are its arguments. A group such as `[0]` makes the compile croak, and neither the field nor the handle catches it, so the exception leaves validate. `[sprintf,%2000000000d,7]` reaches CORE::sprintf with an attacker chosen field width.
One submission of crafted markup to an HtmlArea field throws an unhandled exception out of form validation or allocates an arbitrary amount of memory, and an application whose language handle subclass defines side effecting public methods makes those callable with attacker chosen arguments. The other field types pass fixed templates with the submitted value in an argument slot, where it stays inert, and are unaffected.
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
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| 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 11:27:33 2026CVE page last modified: Thu Aug 20 21:02:00 2026