CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl take request parameters from the process command line arguments for an unrecognised REQUEST_METHOD.
For a REQUEST_METHOD such as OPTIONS, CGI falls through to its offline debugging mode, which is on by default, and builds the parameters and path_info from the process's command line arguments.
For a REQUEST_METHOD such as OPTIONS, CGI falls through to its offline debugging mode, which is on by default, and builds the parameters and path_info from the process's command line arguments.
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Upgrade to CGI 5.00 or later.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl take request parameters from the process command line arguments for an unrecognised REQUEST_METHOD. For a REQUEST_METHOD such as OPTIONS, CGI falls through to its offline debugging mode, which is on by default, and builds the parameters and path_info from the process's command line arguments. | |
| Title | CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl take request parameters from the process command line arguments for an unrecognised REQUEST_METHOD | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-489 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-03T23:40:24.493Z
Reserved: 2026-11-02T17:40:43.952Z
Link: CVE-2026-120637
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-11-04T00:17:24.997
Modified: 2026-11-04T00:17:24.997
Link: CVE-2026-120637
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