Mageia alert MGASA-2026-0360 (perl-HTML-FormHandler)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2026-0360: Updated perl-HTML-FormHandler packages fix a security vulnerability
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Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:04:53 +0200
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MGASA-2026-0360 - Updated perl-HTML-FormHandler packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 01 Sep 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0360.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 10, 9
CVE: CVE-2022-4993

Description:
HTML::FormHandler versions through 0.40068 for Perl allow attacker
selected method dispatch and resource exhaustion because _apply_actions
and add_error use error message text built from request data as a
Locale::Maketext bracket notation template

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36141
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/13/9
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4993

SRPMS:
- 10/core/perl-HTML-FormHandler-0.400.680-8.mga10
- 9/core/perl-HTML-FormHandler-0.400.680-6.mga9