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      "affected": [
        {
          "collectionURL": "https://cpan.org/modules",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "packageName": "Config-IniFiles",
          "product": "Config::IniFiles",
          "programFiles": [
            "lib/Config/IniFiles.pm"
          ],
          "programRoutines": [
            {
              "name": "Config::IniFiles::_make_filehandle"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/shlomif/perl-Config-IniFiles",
          "vendor": "SHLOMIF",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "3.001000",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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.\n\nConfig::IniFiles::_make_filehandle opens a filename argument with Perl\u0027s 2-arg open(), so a filename that begins or ends with a pipe (\"| cmd\", \"cmd |\") or begins with a redirect (\"\u003e path\", \"\u003e\u003e 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 =\u003e $thing) reaches it through ReadConfig. An in-memory scalar reference (-file =\u003e \\$text) does not open a path and is unaffected.\n\nAny caller that forwards untrusted input to the -file argument can run an arbitrary command or truncate a file under the process UID."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-78",
              "description": "CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (\u0027OS Command Injection\u0027)",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-73",
              "description": "CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2026-06-14T11:40:45.634Z",
        "orgId": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
        "shortName": "CPANSec"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "patch"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/shlomif/perl-Config-IniFiles/commit/3e48f9627fbba4dae5de35be1f735cdeb7e47fb8.patch"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "release-notes"
          ],
          "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/SHLOMIF/Config-IniFiles-3.001000/changes"
        }
      ],
      "solutions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Upgrade to Config::IniFiles 3.001000 or later, which opens the -file argument with a 3-arg read open so the filename is never interpreted as a command or redirect."
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
      },
      "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",
      "workarounds": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "For deployments that cannot upgrade to 3.001000, do not pass untrusted input as the -file argument. Callers can open the file themselves and pass the resulting filehandle, or pass the configuration as an in-memory scalar reference, which bypasses the affected string path."
        }
      ],
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      }
    }
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  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
    "assignerShortName": "CPANSec",
    "cveId": "CVE-2026-11527",
    "datePublished": "2026-06-14T11:40:45.634Z",
    "dateReserved": "2026-06-07T19:33:54.590Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2026-06-14T11:40:45.634Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
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