high · CVSS v3 7.5
CVE-2026-120645
CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow denial of service via submitted values used as a regex for optgroup selection in…
Description
CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow denial of service via submitted values used as a regex for optgroup selection in scrolling_list. When rendering option groups, scrolling_list marks the selected options by interpolating each selected value, by default taken from the request parameters, unescaped into a substitution pattern. A client can make the request die with an invalid pattern, or tie up the process with one that backtracks heavily.
Scores
- Severity
- high
- CVSS v2
- 5
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- CVSS v4
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- EPSS
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