======================================================================== CVE-2026-13401 CPAN Security Group ======================================================================== CVE ID: CVE-2026-13401 Distribution: XML-Bare Versions: through 0.53 MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/dist/XML-Bare VCS Repo: https://github.com/nanoscopic/perl-XML-Bare XML::Bare versions through 0.53 for Perl will hang in an infinite loop when parsing malformed attributes Description ----------- XML::Bare versions through 0.53 for Perl will hang in an infinite loop when parsing malformed attributes. The parserc_parse function never advances the attribute-parse state cursor on certain malformed attribute forms, looping forever. Nameless attributes such as "<a ='c'>" or unbalanced quotes "<a b='''''''c'>" can trigger this condition. Problem types ------------- - CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Workarounds ----------- Apply the patch. References ---------- https://github.com/nanoscopic/perl-XML-Bare/pull/2 https://security.metacpan.org/patches/X/XML-Bare/0.53/CVE-2026-13401-r1.patch
