CVE-2026-8796

HIGHNVD 8.18.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-05-31. NVD baseline CVSS 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

Sereal::Decoder versions before 5.005 for Perl allow heap out-of-bounds read via crafted input.

In Perl/Decoder/srl_decoder.c, srl_read_object() and srl_read_hash() process a COPY tag, a back-reference whose target byte the decoder re-decodes as a fresh tag. When that target byte matches the SHORT_BINARY pattern (an inline string whose length is encoded in the low bits of the tag), the resulting read is not bounded to precede the COPY tag's own offset and can run past the end of the input buffer. An attacker controlled COPY offset can land inside a previously decoded value rather than on a tag boundary, planting a byte that the decoder reads as a SHORT_BINARY tag and consuming up to 31 following bytes from the heap as a class name (OBJECT path) or hash key (HASH path).

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(medium)
EPSS
32.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 31, 2026

Last Modified

June 1, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 3, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

oss-security - CVE-2026-8796: Sereal::Decoder versions before 5.005 for Perl allow heap out-of-bounds read via crafted input

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/01/1

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8796(1)

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

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 79× 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.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8796?
CVE-2026-8796 is a high vulnerability published on May 31, 2026. Sereal::Decoder versions before 5.005 for Perl allow heap out-of-bounds read via crafted input. In Perl/Decoder/srldecoder.c, srlreadobject() and srlreadhash() process a COPY tag, a back-reference whose target byte the decoder re-decodes as a fresh tag. When that target byte matches the SHORTBINARY…
When was CVE-2026-8796 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8796 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 31, 2026, with the most recent update on June 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8796 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8796 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 32.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8796?
CVE-2026-8796 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8796?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8796, 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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