# CVE-2026-57073: HTML::Bare versions through 0.04 for Perl have an unbounded character lookahead

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-07-16 · Updated: 2026-07-17

## Affected

- HTML-Bare: through 0.04

## Description

HTML::Bare versions through 0.04 for Perl have an unbounded character lookahead. The parserc_parse function attempts to check for multicharacter strings such as "<![CDATA" or element terminators such as ">" without checking that the offsets are within the buffer. Truncated strings such as "<a/" can trigger an out-of-bounds read. Note that the latest version available on CPAN is version 0.02. Newer versions are available on the git repository.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on HTML-Bare, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/nanoscopic/perl-HTML-Bare/pull/2
- https://security.metacpan.org/patches/H/HTML-Bare/0.02/CVE-2026-57073-r1.patch
- https://security.metacpan.org/patches/H/HTML-Bare/0.04/CVE-2026-57073-r2.patch

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