CVE-2026-120642

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Description

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl return request-derived values untainted under taint mode. The upload filename, uploadInfo values, some path_info and script_name values, Accept results, and the name lists from url_param and cookie are returned without the taint flag, as is a cookie named expires from 4.67 on. These values come from regex captures or hash keys, which Perl does not taint, so they pass -T checks unvalidated.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e

Published

2026-11-04 00:17:25.650000

Last modified

2026-11-04 00:17:25.650000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-120642",
  "sourceIdentifier": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
  "published": "2026-11-04T00:17:25.650",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-04T00:17:25.650",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl return request-derived values untainted under taint mode.\n\nThe upload filename, uploadInfo values, some path_info and script_name values, Accept results, and the name lists from url_param and cookie are returned without the taint flag, as is a cookie named expires from 4.67 on.\n\nThese values come from regex captures or hash keys, which Perl does not taint, so they pass -T checks unvalidated."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "collectionURL": "https://cpan.org/modules",
          "packageName": "CGI",
          "modules": [
            "CGI"
          ],
          "programFiles": [
            "lib/CGI.pm",
            "lib/CGI/Cookie.pm"
          ],
          "programRoutines": [
            {
              "name": "CGI::upload"
            },
            {
              "name": "CGI::uploadInfo"
            },
            {
              "name": "CGI::path_info"
            },
            {
              "name": "CGI::script_name"
            },
            {
              "name": "CGI::Accept"
            },
            {
              "name": "CGI::url_param"
            },
            {
              "name": "CGI::cookie"
            },
            {
              "name": "CGI::Cookie::parse"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm",
          "packageURL": "pkg:cpan/CGI",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "5.00",
              "versionType": "custom",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-1173"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/6ae50ce84073b8f68a6e3750479de70d5b8f2dcf.patch",
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-4.72/source/lib/CGI.pm",
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-5.00/changes",
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e"
    }
  ]
}