CVE-2026-120642
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Perl CGI Module Unvalidated Tainted Input Handling Flaw

Publication date: 2026-11-04

Last updated on: 2026-11-04

Assigner: CPANSec

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.

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Published
2026-11-04
Last Modified
2026-11-04
Generated
2026-11-04
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-120642
EUVD
EUVD-2026-116609

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CWE-1173 The product does not use, or incorrectly uses, an input validation framework that is provided by the source language or an independent library.

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