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High 8.6Published Jun 14, 2026

CVE-2026-11527Config::IniFiles versions before 3.001000 for Perl allow OS command injection and file overwrite via a 2-arg open() of the -file argument in _make_filehandle

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It affects SHLOMIF Config::IniFiles. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

Config::IniFiles versions before 3.001000 for Perl allow OS command injection and file overwrite via a 2-arg open() of the -file argument in _make_filehandle. Config::IniFiles::_make_filehandle opens a filename argument with Perl's 2-arg open(), so a filename that begins or ends with a pipe ("| cmd", "cmd |") or begins with a redirect ("> path", ">> path") is run as a command or redirect rather than opened as a file. The helper is the open path behind the documented -file argument: new(-file => $thing) reaches it through ReadConfig. An in-memory scalar reference (-file => \$text) does not open a path and is unaffected. Any caller that forwards untrusted input to the -file argument can run an arbitrary command or truncate a file under the process UID.

CVSS
8.6 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-78, CWE-73
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
CPANSec
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
Jun 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
SHLOMIF Config::IniFiles
shlomif:config_inifiles (from the name)
before 3.001000
CNA record

References

References

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