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CVE-2026-8612

WWW::Mechanize::Cached versions before 2.00 for Perl deserialize cached HTTP responses from a world-writable on-disk cache, enabling local response forgery and code execution. With no explicit cache backend, WWW::Mechanize::Cached constructs a default Cache::FileCache under /tmp/FileCache without overriding the backend's documented directory_umask of 000, so the cache root and its subdirectories are created mode 0777 with no sticky bit. Cache entries are named by sha1_hex of the request and rea

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:b01b8416e5dc2ca0e9f058bc622fbd4478b5578b1c1ba4667196b66a69e2a106

Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-732","description":"CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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{"cweId":"CWE-502","description":"CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"collectionURL":"https://cpan.org/modules","defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageName":"WWW-Mechanize-Cached","product":"WWW::Mechanize::Cached","programFiles":["lib/WWW/Mechanize/Cached.pm"],"programRoutines":[{"name":"WWW::Mechanize::Cached::_build_cache"},{"name":"WWW::Mechanize::Cached::_make_request"}],"repo":"https://github.com/libwww-perl/WWW-Mechanize-Cached","vendor":"OALDERS","versions":[{"lessThan":"2.00","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"custom"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

2 source assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-732","description":"CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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{"cweId":"CWE-502","description":"CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

4 source assertions

{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/15/1"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/libwww-perl/WWW-Mechanize-Cached/commit/b821647deeedf83490ebc1db91d959d942300ce0.patch"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/libwww-perl/WWW-Mechanize-Cached/pull/36"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"tags":["release-notes"],"url":"https://metacpan.org/release/OALDERS/WWW-Mechanize-Cached-2.00/changes"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

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