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CVE-2026-120646

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. uploadInfo 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.

Score
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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><ge>4.71</ge><lt>5.00</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>CVE-2026-120646: 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. uploadInfo 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.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2026-120646</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120646</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2026-11-03</discovery>
      <entry>2026-11-04</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>