CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow memory, CPU and disk exhaustion via missing or unenforced request size, parameter and upload limits.
CVE-2026-120650
CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow memory, CPU and disk exhaustion via missing or unenforced request size, parameter and upload limits. $CGI::POSTMAX defaults to no limit, and when set is not enforced for chunked multipart bodies or for the boundary line of a multipart body without a boundary= parameter. Bodies saved as PUTDATA, POSTDATA or PATCHDATA uploads are read into memory in one go, and nothing limits the number of parameters or uploads.
Assessment
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Severity
- Unscored
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 3 November 2026
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
- Assigner
- CPANSec
At the source
References
- https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-4.72/source/lib/CGI.pm
- https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-5.00/changes
- https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/17b838dc14d2b82ae6c7e76f66ec2c3f3b08038b.patch
- https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/f3febefe63fe3881d8c3ae10fa83ca8ec950b959.patch
- https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/277baeb74fde7bce975a7bd0a1f98dcf1b9b2050.patch
- https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/8940a74e53a41563f72813b45f99cceaaa4c92e8.patch
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