[NEW] [medium] Perl: Vulnerability enables denial of service

mediumCVE-2026-19487

A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Perl to perform a denial of service attack.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Perl product: Perl Denial of service

What: A vulnerability in Perl allows remote denial of service attacks.
Who is affected: Perl installations and applications using Perl are exposed to remote anonymous attackers.
Urgency: Moderate; denial of service impact is confirmed but no code execution or data access reported.
Action: Upgrade Perl to a patched version addressing CVE-2026-19487.

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Details

Source: CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity: medium
Published: 2026-08-14
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language: Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2847

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-194870.43% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 36% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-19487	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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