CVE-2026-120646

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-120646",
  "sourceIdentifier": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
  "published": "2026-11-04T00:17:26.140",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-04T00:17:26.140",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "CGI versions from 4.71 before 5.00 for Perl allow denial of service via a plain string dereferenced as a symbolic reference in uploadInfo.\n\nuploadInfo dereferences its argument and calls its filename method without checking that it is an upload filehandle. A plain string naming a defined global variable, such as the parameter value from ?upload=0, is treated as a symbolic reference, and the method call on it dies."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "collectionURL": "https://cpan.org/modules",
          "packageName": "CGI",
          "modules": [
            "CGI"
          ],
          "programFiles": [
            "lib/CGI.pm"
          ],
          "programRoutines": [
            {
              "name": "CGI::uploadInfo"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm",
          "packageURL": "pkg:cpan/CGI",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "4.71",
              "lessThan": "5.00",
              "versionType": "custom",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-843"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/a14a7decfdc18f2daf436d30df9b543e3f0f8da3.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"
    }
  ]
}