UBUNTU-CVE-2026-120636: Medium severity ubuntu/libcgi-pm-perl vulnerability

Published Nov 4, 2026
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Updated

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow open redirects and script injection via URLs built from REQUESTURI in url and startform. url(-absolute=>1), url(-relative=>1) and the default startform action are built from the client-supplied REQUESTURI without validation. The result can be protocol-relative (//evil.example), absolute-form (http://evil.example/) or contain backslashes, and url(-relative=>1) can return a javascript: URL. Links and form posts built from these URLs can go to another host.

Affected Software

7 affected components
ubuntu/libcgi-pm-perl*
ubuntu/libcgi-pm-perl*
ubuntu/libcgi-pm-perl*
ubuntu/libcgi-pm-perl*
ubuntu/libcgi-pm-perl*
ubuntu/libcgi-pm-perl*
ubuntu/libcgi-pm-perl*

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Perl CGI to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 5.00

Event History

Nov 4, 2026
CVE Published
via OSV·12:17 AM
Data Sourced
via OSV·12:17 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

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