CVE-2026-11527 (GCVE-0-2026-11527)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-14 11:40 – Updated: 2026-06-14 11:40
VLAI
Title
Config::IniFiles versions before 3.001000 for Perl allow OS command injection and file overwrite via a 2-arg open() of the -file argument in _make_filehandle
Summary
Config::IniFiles versions before 3.001000 for Perl allow OS command injection and file overwrite via a 2-arg open() of the -file argument in _make_filehandle.
Config::IniFiles::_make_filehandle opens a filename argument with Perl's 2-arg open(), so a filename that begins or ends with a pipe ("| cmd", "cmd |") or begins with a redirect ("> path", ">> path") is run as a command or redirect rather than opened as a file. The helper is the open path behind the documented -file argument: new(-file => $thing) reaches it through ReadConfig. An in-memory scalar reference (-file => \$text) does not open a path and is unaffected.
Any caller that forwards untrusted input to the -file argument can run an arbitrary command or truncate a file under the process UID.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/shlomif/perl-Config-IniFiles/c… | patch |
| https://metacpan.org/release/SHLOMIF/Config-IniFi… | release-notes |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHLOMIF | Config::IniFiles |
Affected:
0 , < 3.001000
(custom)
|
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