CVE-2026-93019 Perl Imager - Denial of Service

Perl Imager < 1.036 contains a denial of service caused by improper handling of large TGA colour map length in tga_palette_read, letting attackers cause uncatchable process exit by reading crafted TGA files, exploit requires attacker-supplied file input.

CVSS base score 9.1 /10
Critical
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.65% 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:H/I:N/A:H
Published
18 September 2026
Updated
15 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-196

Vendor fix

Update to version 1.036 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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