# CVE-2026-74765: Net::IDN::Punycode versions before 2.590 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via integer overflow of the delta accumulator in encode\_punycode

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.590
- Published: 2026-09-22 · Updated: 2026-09-22

## Affected

- Net-IDN-Encode: fixed in 2.590

## Description

Net::IDN::Punycode versions before 2.590 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via integer overflow of the delta accumulator in encode_punycode. The XS backend keeps the punycode delta, and the digit index derived from it, in a signed int. The accumulation `delta += (m-n) * (h+1)` has no overflow check, so a large enough code point wraps the delta and the digit index leaves the range of the 36-entry digit table. The bound before the final table access tests only for an index above 36, so a negative index passes it, as does 36 itself. Perl strings hold code points beyond the Unicode range, and one such code point overflows the accumulation on its own. Valid input wraps it as well, for example 1927 ASCII letters followed by U+10FFFF. The conversion functions encode a label before they check its length, so a long label reaches the encoder through the documented API. Only the XS backend is affected. Encoding an attacker-supplied string copies a byte from outside the digit table into the encoded result or crashes the process.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Net-IDN-Encode, upgrade to a fixed version (2.590) per the references below.
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## References

- https://metacpan.org/release/PJCJ/Net-IDN-Encode-2.590-TRIAL/changes
- https://github.com/robrwo/Net-IDN-Encode/commit/27a91ccdb6c9b41f75ba198f5ae154d14e225de2.patch
- https://github.com/robrwo/Net-IDN-Encode/commit/81c7f99fe7430bdc5116081508dffdb56f376861.patch
- https://github.com/robrwo/Net-IDN-Encode/commit/89d5aa8d3504c5e96061ab76d1541a89c16157cf.patch
- https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3492#section-6.4

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