CVE-2026-120637

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Nov 9, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-489

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 4, 2026
Last modified
Nov 9, 2026
NVD status
Deferred

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CVE-2026-120637: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix