CVE-2026-82560 Pod::Text - Denial of Service

Pod::Text < 6.1.1 for Perl contains a denial of service caused by excessive =over nesting in POD documents, letting attackers exhaust CPU and memory by formatting crafted documents, exploit requires processing attacker-supplied POD.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.63% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Denial of Service
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
19 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-835

Vendor fix

Upgrade to version 6.1.1 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

References

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