CVE-2015-8607
HIGH7.3EPSS 5.7%perl - security update
Published: 1/13/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
The canonpath function in the File::Spec module in PathTools before 3.62, as used in Perl, does not properly preserve the taint attribute of data, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism via a crafted string.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/perlfrom 0, < 5.22.1-4
- Debian/perlfrom 0, < 5.20.2-3+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |