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CVE-2026-120640

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields

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CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields.

CGI stores a non-form request body under POSTDATA, PUTDATA or PATCHDATA, and an XForms body under XForms:Model, but also accepts these names from the query string, a form field or a multipart part, so an application cannot tell a client-sent value from the real body.

A cross-site HTML form can post POSTDATA={"admin":true} to an endpoint that reads JSON from param('POSTDATA'), a request forgery that needs no CORS preflight.

Exploit likelihood

0.13%Unchanged since Nov 4, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List No score

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields.

CGI stores a non-form request body under POSTDATA, PUTDATA or PATCHDATA, and an XForms body under XForms:Model, but also accepts these names from the query string, a form field or a multipart part, so an application cannot tell a client-sent value from the real body.

A cross-site HTML form can post POSTDATA={"admin":true} to an endpoint that reads JSON from param('POSTDATA'), a request forgery that needs no CORS preflight.

Record
CVE-2026-120640
Weakness
CWE-352
Updated
2026-11-04
EUVDEUVD-2026-116607 No score

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields.

CGI stores a non-form request body under POSTDATA, PUTDATA or PATCHDATA, and an XForms body under XForms:Model, but also accepts these names from the query string, a form field or a multipart part, so an application cannot tell a client-sent value from the real body.

A cross-site HTML form can post POSTDATA={"admin":true} to an endpoint that reads JSON from param('POSTDATA'), a request forgery that needs no CORS preflight.

Record
EUVD-2026-116607
Updated
2026-11-04
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2xpc-hf7c-cgvh No score

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model...

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields.

CGI stores a non-form request body under POSTDATA, PUTDATA or PATCHDATA, and an XForms body under XForms:Model, but also accepts these names from the query string, a form field or a multipart part, so an application cannot tell a client-sent value from the real body.

A cross-site HTML form can post POSTDATA={"admin":true} to an endpoint that reads JSON from param('POSTDATA'), a request forgery that needs no CORS preflight.

Record
GHSA-2xpc-hf7c-cgvh
Weakness
CWE-352
Updated
2026-11-04
NVD No score

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields.

CGI stores a non-form request body under POSTDATA, PUTDATA or PATCHDATA, and an XForms body under XForms:Model, but also accepts these names from the query string, a form field or a multipart part, so an application cannot tell a client-sent value from the real body.

A cross-site HTML form can post POSTDATA={"admin":true} to an endpoint that reads JSON from param('POSTDATA'), a request forgery that needs no CORS preflight.

Record
CVE-2026-120640
Weakness
CWE-352
Updated
2026-11-04
OSVAZL-112807 No score

CVE-2026-120640 affecting package perl-CGI 4.60-1

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields.

CGI stores a non-form request body under POSTDATA, PUTDATA or PATCHDATA, and an XForms body under XForms:Model, but also accepts these names from the query string, a form field or a multipart part, so an application cannot tell a client-sent value from the real body.

A cross-site HTML form can post POSTDATA={"admin":true} to an endpoint that reads JSON from param('POSTDATA'), a request forgery that needs no CORS preflight.

Record
AZL-112807
Updated
2026-11-07
OSV No score

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields.

CGI stores a non-form request body under POSTDATA, PUTDATA or PATCHDATA, and an XForms body under XForms:Model, but also accepts these names from the query string, a form field or a multipart part, so an application cannot tell a client-sent value from the real body.

A cross-site HTML form can post POSTDATA={"admin":true} to an endpoint that reads JSON from param('POSTDATA'), a request forgery that needs no CORS preflight.

Record
CVE-2026-120640
Weakness
CWE-352
Updated
2026-11-07
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-120640 No score

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields. CGI stores a non-form request body under POSTDATA, PUTDATA or PATCHDATA, and an XForms body under XForms:Model, but also accepts these names from the query string, a form field or a multipart part, so an application cannot tell a client-sent value from the real body. A cross-site HTML form can post POSTDATA={"admin":true} to an endpoint that reads JSON from param('POSTDATA'), a request forgery that needs no CORS preflight.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-120640
Updated
2026-11-05
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:12465-1 No score

perl-CGI-5.20.0-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the perl-CGI-5.20.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:12465-1
Updated
2026-11-07
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-120640 No score

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow the POSTDATA, PUTDATA, PATCHDATA and XForms:Model parameters to be set from the query string or form fields. CGI stores a non-form request body under POSTDATA, PUTDATA or PATCHDATA, and an XForms body under XForms:Model, but also accepts these names from the query string, a form field or a multipart part, so an application cannot tell a client-sent value from the real body. A cross-site HTML form can post POSTDATA={"admin":true} to an endpoint that reads JSON from param('POSTDATA'), a request forgery that needs no CORS preflight.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-120640
Updated
2026-11-05

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
perl-CGI
Azure Linux:3
through 4.60-1 None known
libcgi-pm-perl
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
4.55-14.57-14.59-14.60-14.61-1
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4.62-14.63-14.64-14.65-14.66-14.67-14.68-14.70-14.71-14.72-15.02-1
None known
libcgi-pm-perl
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
4.68-14.70-14.71-14.72-15.02-1
None known
libcgi-pm-perl
Debian:14
All versions, plus listed versions
4.68-14.70-14.71-14.72-15.02-1
None known
libcgi-pm-perl
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.21-14.22-14.25-14.26-1
None known
libcgi-pm-perl
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.36-14.37-14.38-1
None known
libcgi-pm-perl
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.44-14.45-14.46-1
None known
libcgi-pm-perl
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.51-14.53-14.54-1
None known
libcgi-pm-perl
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.57-14.60-14.61-14.62-14.63-1
None known
libcgi-pm-perl
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
4.71-1build14.72-1
None known
libcgi-pm-perl
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
4.68-14.71-14.71-1build1
None known
perl-CGI
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 20 CVEs
before 5.20.0-1.1
5.20.0-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
affected, aliases, referencesNVD, OSV
referencesOSV
affected, aliases, referencesOSV
aliasesEUVD, NVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-120640 is a vulnerability with no CVSS score yet in perl-CGI, published November 3, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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