# CVE-2026-19566: Net::CIDR::Set versions before 0.23 for Perl allow memory exhaustion and malformed set ranges via unbounded IPv6 prefix lengths

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.23
- Published: 2026-08-12 · Updated: 2026-08-12

## Affected

- Net-CIDR-Set: fixed in 0.23

## Description

Net::CIDR::Set versions before 0.23 for Perl allow memory exhaustion and malformed set ranges via unbounded IPv6 prefix lengths. The _encode method accepts any prefix length matching `(0|[1-9][0-9]*)` and passes it to _width2bits(), which builds the mask as `'1' x ($width + 8)`, one character per bit. The _inc() method then unpacks the packed mask into a Perl array of one scalar per byte, so the prefix length alone sets the allocation size: `::/100000000` builds a 100 MB string and a 12.5 million element array. The value being tested is parsed, not just the configured ranges: contains() builds a set from its argument, and _guess_coder() tries the IPv4 coder and then the IPv6 coder, so an IPv4-only set expands an oversized IPv6 prefix length before the mixed address width check rejects it. Any caller that passes untrusted input to contains() or add() can exhaust process memory. A prefix length above 128 is also stored as a range that does not match the requested block: 2001:db8::/129 stringifies back unchanged, contains() of its own base address returns false, and removing it from a set drops the base address while the set still prints as covering it.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Net-CIDR-Set, upgrade to a fixed version (0.23) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/robrwo/perl-Net-CIDR-Set/security/advisories/GHSA-grjr-r4x5-mx4p
- https://github.com/robrwo/perl-Net-CIDR-Set/commit/e16b27db676fd1ca671fbb31208a22c1b1ba9724.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Net-CIDR-Set-0.23/changes
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-49942

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