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TI-2026-14328 Aliases CVE-2026-17435

Link following in RRWO File::Rotate::Simple

Priority LOW 12CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

File::Rotate::Simple versions before 0.4.0 for Perl create the target of dangling symlinks when rotating files. When the file to be rotated is a symbolic link to a missing file, and the touch option is enabled, then the rotate method assumes that the file is absent (since the existence check is against the target), and does not rotate it. But it touches the file, which creates the target. An attacker that has the ability to create the symlink can use this to create an arbitrary file with permissions of the process rotating the files (which may be different from the process that normally writes to the log file that is being rotated). Note that the touch option is disabled by default.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0014 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed File::Rotate::Simple (RRWO): 0.4.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
RRWOFile::Rotate::Simplebefore 0.4.00.4.0Patch availableCNA
  • File::Rotate::Simple VendorRRWO Affected before 0.4.0 Fixed in 0.4.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA File::Rotate::Simple (RRWO) Fixed in 0.4.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-17435

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2026-13955 OS command injection in RRWO Catalyst::View::Wkhtmltopdf CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-14395 Server-side request forgery in RRWO Plack::App::Prerender CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-34943 Crypt::SaltedHash versions through 0.09 for Perl generate insecure random values for salts CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-34345 Net::Statsd::Tiny versions before 0.3.8 for Perl allowed metric injections CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-15909 Net::CIDR::Set versions before 0.23 for Perl allow memory exhaustion and malformed set… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2026-36790 Uncontrolled recursion in RRWO Net::CIDR::Set CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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