CVE-2026-72888

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.5 under CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 64% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: cisa-adp, epss
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Net::OAuth versions before 0.32 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded caching of failed module loads in smart_require.

smart_require stores results in a process-global hash with no bound and no eviction, and keeps an entry for every class name it is asked about, including names that failed to load, because the return value of the failed eval is stored before the error is checked. The key comes off the wire on the server side: _signature_method_class builds the class name from the signature_method parameter of the incoming message, and verify resolves it before any signature is checked.

A remote client chooses both how many entries are created and how long each key is. In a persistent server the hash grows for the life of the worker process until it exhausts memory. Header size limits bound the key length on the Authorization header path, but not on a POST body.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(medium)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
36%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 16, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github.
generic

oss-security - CVE-2026-72888: Net::OAuth versions before 0.32 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded caching of failed module loads in smart_require

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/16/4
github Patch Available

Net::OAuth: unbounded %ALREADY_REQUIRED growth keyed by unauthenticated request data (pre-authentication memory exhaustion) · Advisory · vurtdev/Net-OAuth · GitHub

https://github.com/vurtdev/Net-OAuth/security/advisories/GHSA-m2cv-cq5x-47ph

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-30 04:59 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-29 05:45 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-27 16:32 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-26 17:14 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-26 14:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-26 10:54 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-25 11:41 UTCEG score recompute
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  13. 2026-08-23 13:10 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-22 13:56 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-21 14:43 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-20 15:29 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-18 16:59 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-17 17:25 UTCEG score recompute 6.50
  25. 2026-08-17 17:24 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 6.5 · severity → MEDIUM
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  1. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-16 17:20 UTCNVD update
  3. 2026-08-16 17:16 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  4. 2026-08-16 14:35 UTCNVD update
  5. 2026-08-16 14:02 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-16 14:01 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72888?
CVE-2026-72888 is a medium vulnerability published on August 16, 2026. Net::OAuth versions before 0.32 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded caching of failed module loads in smart_require. smartrequire stores results in a process-global hash with no bound and no eviction, and keeps an entry for every class name it is asked about, including names that failed…
When was CVE-2026-72888 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72888 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 16, 2026, with the most recent update on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72888 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72888 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 63.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72888?
CVE-2026-72888 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72888?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72888, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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