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CVE record · CVE-2026-40198

Net::CIDR::Lite versions before 0.23 for Perl does not validate IPv6 group count, which may allow IP ACL bypass

CVSS 7.5 HighEPSS 0.0031 · 23rd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: CPANSec) at 10 Apr 2026, 21:42 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
STIGTSP Net::CIDR::Lite Package name: Net-CIDR-Lite https://cpan.org/modules
  • affected before 0.23 custom
Other versions: unaffected
Identifiers
CVE-2026-40198
CNA
CPANSec
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1286
Tags
Published
10 Apr 2026
Updated
13 Apr 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.5 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N ADP (CISA-ADP)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0031, the 23rd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

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Sources

References from the CNA

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