What is GHSA-vf96-5xh3-hp53?

GHSA-vf96-5xh3-hp53 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with unknown severity. CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl take request parameters from the process command line arguments...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-vf96-5xh3-hp53 cover?

GHSA-vf96-5xh3-hp53 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-120637. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

GHSA-vf96-5xh3-hp53unknown

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl take request parameters from the process command line arguments...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

November 4, 2026

Last Modified

November 4, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-120637 →

📋 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.

🔗 References (5)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120637
https://github.com/leejo/CGI.pm/commit/b753ff75a3bc4554c075cc37c1db605a55297029.patch
https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-4.72/source/lib/CGI.pm
https://metacpan.org/release/LEEJO/CGI-5.00/changes
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vf96-5xh3-hp53