Net::CIDR::Set versions through 0.20 for Perl accept non-ASCII IP addresses and netmasks.
Unicode digits such as the Arabic-Indic One (U+0661) were accepted but not properly parsed as numbers. This could allow network masks to accept larger networks.
{
"cna_assigner": "CPANSec",
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/49xxx/CVE-2026-49940.json",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-1289"
]
}{
"source": [
"AFFECTED_FIELD",
"CPE_RANGE"
],
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "0.20"
},
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.21"
}
],
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rrwo:net\\:\\:cidr\\:\\:set:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*"
}