{"id":"CVE-2026-13401","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-13401","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:26:21.999Z","title":"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.\n\nThe parserc_parse function never advances the attribute-parse state cursor on certain malformed attribute forms, looping forever.\n\nNameless attributes such as \"<a ='c'>\" or unbalanced quotes \"<a b='''''''c'>\" can trigger this condition.","published":"2026-07-16T17:16:55.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-24T20:10:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-835"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00609,"percentile":0.48883,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/nanoscopic/perl-XML-Bare/pull/2","source":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"https://security.metacpan.org/patches/X/XML-Bare/0.53/CVE-2026-13401-r1.patch","source":"9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/16/2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13401","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}