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CVE-2026-120645

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow denial of service via submitted values used as a regex for optgroup selection in scrolling_list. When rendering option groups, scrolling_list marks the selected options by interpolating each selected value, by default taken from the request parameters, unescaped into a substitution pattern. A client can make the request die with an invalid pattern, or tie up the process with one that backtracks heavily.

Score
–
Published
2026-11-03
Links
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Matched ports (1)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
www/p5-CGIp5-CGI4.72unaddressedsunpoet@FreeBSD.org

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  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>p5-CGI -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>p5-CGI</name>
	<range><lt>5.00</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>CVE-2026-120645: CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow denial of
	  service via submitted values used as a regex for optgroup selection
	  in scrolling_list. When rendering option groups, scrolling_list
	  marks the selected options by interpolating each selected value, by
	  default taken from the request parameters, unescaped into a
	  substitution pattern. A client can make the request die with an
	  invalid pattern, or tie up the process with one that backtracks
	  heavily.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2026-120645</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120645</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2026-11-03</discovery>
      <entry>2026-11-04</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>