# CVE-2026-117500: HTTP::Body versions before 1.24\_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via regex backtracking on the filename of a multipart upload

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-112276, GHSA-W2GQ-C2CX-W9Q6
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.24_01
- Published: 2026-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Summary

HTTP::Body, a Perl module for parsing HTTP request bodies, is affected, so applications that handle multipart file uploads with it can be impacted. A remote attacker can send a single crafted upload with a specially constructed filename that makes the parser consume excessive CPU time, potentially slowing or denying service to the application.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- HTTP-Body: fixed in 1.24\_01

## Description

HTTP::Body versions before 1.24_01 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via regex backtracking on the filename of a multipart upload. For every file part, the multipart parser finds the suffix of the uploaded filename by matching the default $basename_regexp, qr/[^.]+(\.[^\\\/]+)$/, against the whole basename. A basename made of many dots and ending in a backslash makes the regex backtrack in time quadratic in its length. A remote attacker can exhaust CPU with one request, as a basename of about 32 KB takes several seconds to match and every file part is matched separately.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on HTTP-Body, upgrade to a fixed version (1.24_01) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Body/commit/9ab46daaede02fb13ea55a7e3ede34c8b918d8ca.patch
- https://github.com/libwww-perl/HTTP-Body/commit/3abc958d78bd84bf4abb87bad79b9432eab7e694.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/GETTY/HTTP-Body-1.24_01/changes

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