CVE-2022-4993

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-13. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

HTML::FormHandler versions before 0.410000 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.

add_error hands its first argument to the language handle as the Locale::Maketext message key, and the default handle's lexicon sets _AUTO, so a string that is not a lexicon entry is compiled as a bracket notation template instead of being looked up. In a bracket group the first token names a method called on the language handle and the remaining tokens are its arguments.

Three kinds of text the library did not author reach that position. _apply_actions installs a $SIG{__WARN__} handler that stores the warning text in $error_message, and a captured warning survives a successful action, so a field carrying a numeric transform turns Argument "[sprintf,%50000000d,0]" isn't numeric into the template; a warning quotes the submitted value verbatim, so the group is well formed and dispatches. $error_message ||= $tobj->validate($new_value) takes a type constraint's own failure message, which renders the rejected value through a partial dumper in bracket and comma form (Devel::PartialDump when Moose can load it, Type::Tiny's own dumper always), so a field with apply => [ Str ] given a parameter sent more than once, which arrives as an array, gets Reference ["a","b"] did not pass type constraint "Str" as its template, from a request that carries no bracket character of its own. A coercion or transform exception reaches it the same way. Beyond those, a validator whose message contains the field value puts that value in the template directly, and add_error replaces the message list with the contents of an arrayref first argument (@message = @{$message[0]} if ref $message[0] eq 'ARRAY'), so a value arriving as an array fills the argument slots from the same request as well.

A malformed group such as [0] makes the compile croak, and HTML::FormHandler::I18N::maketext and add_error each re-raise that as a die, so process() throws. A well formed group naming sprintf reaches CORE::sprintf with an attacker chosen field width. Any caller that applies a type constraint or a transform to an untrusted field, or whose validator passes an untrusted field value to add_error, can be made to throw an unhandled exception out of process(), or to allocate an arbitrary amount of memory in one request, and an application whose language handle subclass defines side effecting public methods makes those callable with attacker chosen arguments. The dumped type constraint message is bounded to the exception, because both dumpers quote non-numeric elements so the method slot is never an attacker chosen name. The built-in messages pass fixed templates with the value in an argument slot, where it stays inert, and the built-in field types attach explicit message callbacks, so neither is affected.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1(medium)
EG Risk
56(Track)
EG Risk 56/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity91% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
41%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 13, 2026

Last Modified

September 8, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Sep 15, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_pr.

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-4993(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libhtml-formhandler-perl0.40068-2, 0.40068-3
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libhtml-formhandler-perl0.40068-2, 0.40068-3
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
libhtml-formhandler-perl0.40068-20.40068-3

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-4993?
CVE-2022-4993 is a critical vulnerability published on August 13, 2026. HTML::FormHandler versions before 0.410000 for Perl allow attacker selected method dispatch and resource exhaustion because applyactions and add_error use error message text built from request data as a Locale::Maketext bracket notation template. adderror hands its first argument to the language…
When was CVE-2022-4993 disclosed?
CVE-2022-4993 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 13, 2026, with the most recent update on September 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2022-4993 actively exploited?
CVE-2022-4993 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 58.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-4993?
CVE-2022-4993 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2022-4993?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-4993, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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