UBUNTU-CVE-2026-120640: Medium severity ubuntu/libcgi-pm-perl vulnerability

Published Nov 4, 2026
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Updated

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields. CGI stores a non-form request body under POSTDATA, PUTDATA or PATCHDATA, and an XForms body under XForms:Model, but also accepts these names from the query string, a form field or a multipart part, so an application cannot tell a client-sent value from the real body. A cross-site HTML form can post POSTDATA={"admin":true} to an endpoint that reads JSON from param('POSTDATA'), a request forgery that needs no CORS preflight.

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 CGI for Perl 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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