#1138649 libunicode-linebreak-perl: CVE-2026-8594

#1138649#5
Date:
2026-06-01 18:44:27 UTC
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Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for libunicode-linebreak-perl.

CVE-2026-8594[0]:
| Text::LineFold versions through 2019.001 for Perl duplicate the
| output based on the number of special break characters.
| Text::LineFold splits the input string by specific line break
| characters (such as VT, FF and others) into segments, but applies
| the break function to the entire string, not just the segment.  A
| side effect of this is that the full input can be duplicated for
| each segment.  Besides being incorrect, this can lead to unexpected
| resource consumption and possible denial of service.  Note that
| Text::LineFold is part of the Unicode-LineBreak distribution, which
| may have a higher version number than the module.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-8594
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8594
[1] https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/40542383/

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore