CVE-2026-57080
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Net::BitTorrent versions through 2.0.1 for Perl allow remote memory exhaustion via an uncapped peer-wire message-length prefix.
The peer-wire framing in _process_messages trusts the 4-byte length prefix sent by a connected peer with no upper bound, while receive_data appends every inbound byte to the input buffer. A peer announces a length prefix of up to about 4 GiB and then streams bytes; the decoder waits until the buffer holds the full message before processing it, so the buffer grows without limit.
Peer connections are unauthenticated, so any peer in the swarm exhausts the downloading process's memory. The largest legitimate message is a 16 KiB piece block, so any announced length far above that is anomalous.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANKO | Net::BitTorrent | 0 <= 2.0.1 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
- CWE-400: CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Workarounds
There is no fixed release. Reject a peer-wire message length above a sane maximum (well above the 16 KiB largest legitimate message) and disconnect the peer instead of buffering unboundedly.
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: partial
References
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