OS command injection in SHLOMIF Config::IniFiles
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
Config::IniFiles versions before 3.001000 for Perl allow OS command injection and file overwrite via a 2-arg open() of the -file argument in _make_filehandle. Config::IniFiles::_make_filehandle opens a filename argument with Perl's 2-arg open(), so a filename that begins or ends with a pipe ("| cmd", "cmd |") or begins with a redirect ("> path", ">> path") is run as a command or redirect rather than opened as a file. The helper is the open path behind the documented -file argument: new(-file => $thing) reaches it through ReadConfig. An in-memory scalar reference (-file => \$text) does not open a path and is unaffected. Any caller that forwards untrusted input to the -file argument can run an arbitrary command or truncate a file under the process UID.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Config::IniFiles (SHLOMIF) Fixed in 3.001000
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-11527
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2g88-7qc8-9vxv
References
More SHLOMIF vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-07199 Out-of-bounds read in SHLOMIF XML::LibXML CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-11527 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-11527 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2g88-7qc8-9vxv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-11527 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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