CVE-2026-74765

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-22. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%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::IDN::Punycode versions before 2.590 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via integer overflow of the delta accumulator in encode_punycode.

The XS backend keeps the punycode delta, and the digit index derived from it, in a signed int. The accumulation delta += (m-n) * (h+1) has no overflow check, so a large enough code point wraps the delta and the digit index leaves the range of the 36-entry digit table. The bound before the final table access tests only for an index above 36, so a negative index passes it, as does 36 itself. Perl strings hold code points beyond the Unicode range, and one such code point overflows the accumulation on its own. Valid input wraps it as well, for example 1927 ASCII letters followed by U+10FFFF. The conversion functions encode a label before they check its length, so a long label reaches the encoder through the documented API.

Only the XS backend is affected.

Encoding an attacker-supplied string copies a byte from outside the digit table into the encoded result or crashes the process.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: 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%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
42%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 22, 2026

Last Modified

September 22, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74765(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 17× 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. 2026-09-24 16:09 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-24 16:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-23 17:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-22 19:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-22 18:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-22 17:37 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-22 17:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-22 14:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-22 14:06 UTCEG score recompute▲ 6.50
  13. 2026-09-22 14:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-22 14:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 6.5 · severity → MEDIUM
  15. 2026-09-22 08:33 UTCNVD update
  16. 2026-09-22 07:31 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-22 07:30 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-74765?
CVE-2026-74765 is a medium vulnerability published on September 22, 2026. Net::IDN::Punycode versions before 2.590 for Perl allow an out-of-bounds read via integer overflow of the delta accumulator in encode_punycode. The XS backend keeps the punycode delta, and the digit index derived from it, in a signed int. The accumulation delta += (m-n) * (h+1) has no overflow…
When was CVE-2026-74765 disclosed?
CVE-2026-74765 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-74765 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-74765 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 58.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74765?
CVE-2026-74765 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74765?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-74765, 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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