CVE-2026-49146
App::Ack versions before 3.10.0 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via an unbounded context value in a project .ackrc
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
App::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.
| CWE | CWE-770 |
| Vendor | petdance |
| Product | app::ack |
| Published | Jul 8, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Jul 8, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
PETDANCE / App::Ack
0 < 3.10.0
References
Credits
MichaΕ Majchrowicz (AFINE) Marcin Wyczechowski (AFINE)