Link Following Affecting perl package, versions <5.36.0-7+deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.52% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-PERL-17966204
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed31 Jan 2020

Introduced: 31 Jan 2020

CVE-2011-4116  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest perl to version 5.36.0-7+deb12u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

_is_safe in the File::Temp module for Perl does not properly handle symlinks.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1