Published: July 16, 2026 | Last Modified: July 16, 2026
XML::Bare versions through 0.53 for Perl will hang in an infinite loop when parsing malformed attributes. The parserc_parse function never advances the attribute-parse state cursor on certain malformed attribute forms, looping forever. Nameless attributes such as "" or unbalanced quotes "" can trigger this condition.
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