Vulnerability

CVE-2026-49940

Medium· 6.5CVSS6.5EPSS0%

.rules3/5

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 larg

Threat signal

65/100

Elevated

Severity

medium

CVSS

6.5

EPSS

Active

CVSS

v3.1via NVDOpen in FIRST calculator →

6.5/ 10MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNetworkExploitable remotely over the internet — no local access needed.
Attack ComplexityLowNo special conditions — exploit works reliably.
Privileges RequiredNoneUnauthenticated — no credentials needed.
User InteractionNoneFully automated — no victim action needed.
ScopeUnchangedImpact contained to the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality ImpactLowSome data disclosure; attacker doesn't fully control what.
Integrity ImpactLowSome data modification; attacker doesn't fully control extent.
Availability ImpactNoneNo availability impact.

EPSS

Exploit prediction · 30-day horizonFIRST.org →

0.03%

probability of exploitation in next 30 days

p10

higher than 10% of all CVEs

3-day trend↑ 0pp

Low exploitation likelihood — defer if no other signals fire.

Vendor VEX

No VEX statements published for CVE-2026-49940. Vendors publish VEX (Vulnerability Exploitability eXchange) to assert per-product whether a CVE is actually exploitable in their distribution.

SSVCDefer

No exploitation, limited impact or prevalence

exploitation: none
automatable: no
impact: partial
mission: support

Lifecycle

2026-06-04Published
2026-06-08Last modified1 source

References

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