01 Record
CVE-2026-85783
Crypt::Age versions before 0.004 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via an unbounded number of recipient stanzas, each costing an X25519 scalar multiplication in unwrap_file_key
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: CPANSec
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Crypt::Age versions before 0.004 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via an unbounded number of recipient stanzas, each costing an X25519 scalar multiplication in unwrap_file_key
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- Not scored by EPSS
- EPSS percentile
- Not scored by EPSS
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Not recorded
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-20 21:29Z1 HR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-20 21:29Z1 HR AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-04
- Assigning CNA
- CPANSec
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 8cda1a71e4dfe13cd8f6f2220ce0fe36a0948a3f989a6c596be83b183755de1f
05 Affected products
No products listed
06 References
07 Remediation
Upgrade to Crypt-Age 0.004 or later.