Bug 2566605 (CVE-2026-120642) - CVE-2026-120642 perl-cgi: perl-cgi: Security feature bypass via untainted request parameters
Summary: CVE-2026-120642 perl-cgi: perl-cgi: Security feature bypass via untainted req...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-120642
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-11-03 23:52 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-04 00:08 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-11-03 23:52:09 UTC
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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