Bug 2563055 (CVE-2026-116265) - CVE-2026-116265 perl-MIME-tools: perl-MIME-tools: Security filter bypass via ambiguous multipart boundary continuations
Summary: CVE-2026-116265 perl-MIME-tools: perl-MIME-tools: Security filter bypass via ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-116265
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2563408
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Reported: 2026-10-28 17:43 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-29 15:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-28 17:43:38 UTC
MIME::Field::ParamVal versions before 5.521 for Perl do not flag an ambiguous multipart boundary written as RFC 2231 continuations.

The boundary ambiguity checks look only at a plain boundary= parameter, and a boundary split into RFC 2231 sections (boundary*0=, boundary*1= and so on) is joined after they have run. A repeated section number is concatenated rather than reported as a duplicate. From version 5.518, an encoded word or trailing whitespace in such a boundary also goes unflagged, although multipart_boundary() decodes or strips it.

A remote sender can make MIME::Parser split a message on a different boundary than other mail readers, hiding an attachment from a filter that relies on ambiguous_content() while the recipient's mail client shows it.


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