USN-8940-1

It was discovered that the Perl XS::Parse::Keyword module did not correctly handle certain inputs. If a user or automated system were tricked into receiving specially crafted input, an attacker could cause a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:26.10 / libxs-parse-keyword-perl

Package

Name: libxs-parse-keyword-perl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxs-parse-keyword-perl?arch=source&distro=stonking

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.49-1ubuntu1

Affected versions

0.*

0.49-1

0.49-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxs-parse-keyword-perl",
            "binary_version": "0.49-1ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-85644",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.10"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8940-1.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / libxs-parse-keyword-perl