CVE-2026-120635
CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow form fields to be smuggled past proxies and WAFs via multipart parsing that differs from the RFCs
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 3, 2026
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 2, 2026
Description
CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow form fields to be smuggled past proxies and WAFs via multipart parsing that differs from the RFCs.
The multipart/form-data parser matches the boundary anywhere rather than at the start of a line, uses the boundary without its leading -- for some client-supplied User-Agent values, finds the Content-Disposition name and filename inside the quoted values of other parameters, and corrupts parts when the boundary nears the 4096-byte read size.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
- CWE-436 Interpretation Conflict
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
CGI |
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References
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2046#section-5.1.1technical-description
- https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-4.72/source/lib/CGI.pmtechnical-description
- https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-5.00/changesrelease-notes
- https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/f719fc08e8756708bcd4f1e357d5c0f8702f85dd.patchpatch
- https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/cbf04979f9974458ac223793bbd9d0b6a772aa66.patchpatch
- https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/fe9516804d59a3774e280c15dbb7072fbd0ba5f1.patchpatch
- https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/e0ef8f4248c6ae3025749040d8595d206b6a1b49.patchpatch
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