Description
CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow HTTP header injection via entity decoding after the newline check in header and unchecked values in multipart_start and do_push.
With autoEscape off, header decodes HTML entities in extra header values after its newline check, so an encoded CR or LF reaches the response. multipart_start does not check header values for newlines, and do_push does not check the type it prints in each part.
An application that passes request data into these header values can be made to add headers or split the response.
With autoEscape off, header decodes HTML entities in extra header values after its newline check, so an encoded CR or LF reaches the response. multipart_start does not check header values for newlines, and do_push does not check the type it prints in each part.
An application that passes request data into these header values can be made to add headers or split the response.
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Remediation
Vendor Solution
Upgrade to CGI 5.00 or later.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-93 | |
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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 allow HTTP header injection via entity decoding after the newline check in header and unchecked values in multipart_start and do_push. With autoEscape off, header decodes HTML entities in extra header values after its newline check, so an encoded CR or LF reaches the response. multipart_start does not check header values for newlines, and do_push does not check the type it prints in each part. An application that passes request data into these header values can be made to add headers or split the response. | |
| Title | CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow HTTP header injection via entity decoding after the newline check in header and unchecked values in multipart_start and do_push | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-113 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-03T23:40:30.552Z
Reserved: 2026-11-02T17:40:59.077Z
Link: CVE-2026-120639
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-11-04T00:17:25.263
Modified: 2026-11-04T18:42:35.810
Link: CVE-2026-120639
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Updated: 2026-11-04T14:15:15Z