CVE-2026-87768: DateTime::Lite versions before 0.8.1 for Perl allow CPU exhaustion via a per-day loop when adding seconds

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Summary by Cyber Security News30 Oct 2026, 13:50 CET

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Posted by Robert Rothenberg on Oct 30 CVE-2026-87768 CPAN Security Group CVE ID: CVE-2026-87768 Distribution: DateTime-Lite Versions: before 0.8.1 MetaCPAN: https://metacpan.org/dist/DateTime-Lite VCS Repo: ...

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