App::Ack versions before 3.10.0 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via an unbounded context value in a project .ackrc

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-49146
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerCPANSec
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-08 15:16:27 UTC
Updated2026-07-08 16:16:30 UTC
DescriptionApp::Ack versions before 3.10.0 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via an unbounded context value in a project .ackrc. ack searches up the directory hierarchy from the current directory for a project .ackrc and loads its options. The -B and -C context options accepted any positive integer, and ack sized the before-context buffer to that value, so a project .ackrc setting --before-context=100000000 made ack allocate a buffer of 100 million elements. A project .ackrc committed to an untrusted repository can abort ack with an out-of-memory condition.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-770 | CWE-770 CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1ADPDECLARED7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA PETDANCE AppAck affected 3.10.0 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
metacpan.org/release/PETDANCE/ack-v3.10.0/source/Changes 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e metacpan.org
github.com/beyondgrep/ack3/commit/45ff5fe77dbd96f7332f31943102291f878f30... 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e github.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Michał Majchrowicz (AFINE) (en)

CNA: Marcin Wyczechowski (AFINE) (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2026-06-07T00:00:00.000ZVersion 3.10.0 released with fix.

Solutions

CNA: Upgrade to ack 3.10.0 or later.

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