Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-85783

Weakness: CWE-405

Track
CVSS 7.5 High

What it is

Reported

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. The header parser accepts any number of recipient stanzas, and unwrap_file_key tries every identity against every X25519 stanza. Each attempt runs a scalar multiplication, an HKDF and a ChaCha20-Poly1305 open. The header MAC cannot be checked first, because its key comes from the file key, which only a successful unwrap produces.…

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Dates

Source last published: 2026-10-20 21:29 UTC · Source last updated: 2026-10-31 10:07 UTC

What is affected

Not reported

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Urgency and basis

Tracker computed

Track

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Tracker decision tier from the evidence detailed below

Dates

Source last updated: 2026-10-31 10:07 UTC

Exploitation evidence

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What to do

Not reported

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Tracker inference. Guidance from the decision tier: No action now. Remediate within standard update timelines. Monitor for change.

Detection and validation

Mapped metadata availability only. These signals do not change priority.

Sigma, Atomic, Nuclei, and Metasploit: none mapped by tracked sources.

Sigma
Not mapped by tracked sources.
Atomic
Not mapped by tracked sources.
Nuclei
Not mapped by tracked sources.
Metasploit
Not mapped by tracked sources.

Evidence detail

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