# CVE-2026-110758: Text::CSV\_XS versions before 1.65 for Perl read before the start of an all-blank field under allow\_whitespace in strip\_trail\_whitespace

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.65
- Published: 2026-10-16 · Updated: 2026-10-20

## Affected

- Text-CSV\_XS: fixed in 1.65

## Description

Text::CSV_XS versions before 1.65 for Perl read before the start of an all-blank field under allow_whitespace in strip_trail_whitespace. Under allow_whitespace, strip_trail_whitespace removes trailing spaces and tabs from each unquoted field without stopping at the start of the field. For a field of only blanks it reads the byte before the field's heap buffer. If that byte is also a space or tab, it may be zeroed and the walk continue backwards, depending on what the allocator placed there. Leading blanks are normally skipped before a field is stored, but an all-blank field still arrives after a leading escape_char that differs from quote_char, or as a quoted field in getline when its line ends in two CRs.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Text-CSV\_XS, upgrade to a fixed version (1.65) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/cpan-authors/Text-CSV_XS/commit/efed7ee21177c59a5b69e787f84154e1fcb0d095.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/HMBRAND/Text-CSV_XS-1.65/changes

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