CVE-2026-116135
Publication date 28 October 2026
Last updated 6 November 2026
Ubuntu priority
Description
HTTP::Body versions before 1.23_01 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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| libhttp-body-perl | 26.10 stonking |
Needs evaluation
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| 26.04 LTS resolute |
Vulnerable
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Vulnerable
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Vulnerable
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
|
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
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Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score
9.8 · Critical
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Other references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116135
- https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/44711937/
- https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Body/commit/336f1a23b4115a5cbeb546f36df5af62c90bdc0d.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/GETTY/HTTP-Body-1.24/changes
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986#section-2.1