CVE-2026-8463

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  "id": "CVE-2026-8463",
  "sourceIdentifier": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
  "published": "2026-05-13T14:18:17.140",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T14:10:00.130",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Crypt::Argon2 versions from 0.017 before 0.031 for Perl perform a heap out-of-bounds read in argon2_verify on empty encoded input.\n\nThe auto-detect form of argon2_verify passes encoded_len - 1 as the length argument to memchr without checking that encoded_len is non-zero. When the encoded string is empty, the size_t subtraction underflows to SIZE_MAX and memchr scans adjacent heap memory looking for a '$' separator byte.\n\nA caller that invokes argon2_verify against a stored hash that may legitimately be empty (for example a placeholder row or a NULL column materialised as an empty string) reads out-of-bounds heap memory, which can crash the process or leak the position of an adjacent '$' byte into subsequent parsing."
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      "value": "Las versiones de Crypt::Argon2 desde la 0.017 anteriores a la 0.031 para Perl realizan una lectura fuera de límites del heap en argon2_verify con una entrada codificada vacía.\n\nLa forma de autodetección de argon2_verify pasa encoded_len - 1 como argumento de longitud a memchr sin verificar que encoded_len no sea cero. Cuando la cadena codificada está vacía, la resta de size_t subdesborda a SIZE_MAX y memchr escanea memoria heap adyacente buscando un byte separador ’$’.\n\nUn llamador que invoca argon2_verify contra un hash almacenado que puede estar legítimamente vacío (por ejemplo, una fila de marcador de posición o una columna NULL materializada como una cadena vacía) lee memoria heap fuera de límites, lo que puede bloquear el proceso o filtrar la posición de un byte ’$’ adyacente en el análisis posterior."
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          "vendor": "LEONT",
          "product": "Crypt::Argon2",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "collectionURL": "https://cpan.org/modules",
          "packageName": "Crypt-Argon2",
          "programFiles": [
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          "programRoutines": [
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              "name": "Crypt::Argon2::argon2_verify"
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          "repo": "https://github.com/Leont/crypt-argon2",
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