What is CVE-2026-49146?

CVE-2026-49146 is a high-severity vulnerability in Petdance App::ack, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2026-49146?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Petdance App::ack

CVE-2026-49146

App::Ack versions before 3.10.0 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via an unbounded context value in a project .ackrc. ack searches up the directory hierarchy from the current directory for a project .ackrc and loads its options. The -B and…

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Petdance App::ack — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (patch)
9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e (release-notes)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-49146?: CVE-2026-49146 is a high-severity vulnerability in Petdance App::ack, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2026-49146?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.