CVE-2026-87768 (GCVE-0-2026-87768)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-30 12:25
Modified
2026-10-30 15:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
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CWE
- CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Summary
DateTime::Lite versions before 0.8.1 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via a per-day loop when adding seconds.
_normalize_leap_seconds crosses day boundaries one day at a time, so add(seconds => $n) on an object with a non-floating time zone takes about |$n|/86400 iterations, and nothing limits $n. The XS implementation and the pure-Perl fallback both have the loop.
An attacker who controls the number of seconds added can keep the process busy for as long as they choose.
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