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.
Published: 2026-11-03
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Upgrade to CGI 5.00 or later.

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Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl take request parameters from the process command line arguments for an unrecognised REQUEST_METHOD
Weaknesses CWE-489
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-03T23:40:24.493Z

Reserved: 2026-11-02T17:40:43.952Z

Link: CVE-2026-120637

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-04T00:17:24.997

Modified: 2026-11-04T00:17:24.997

Link: CVE-2026-120637

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