CVE-2026-118988
CallBackery versions before 0.60.1 for Perl let unauthenticated clients read the POD of any file via path traversal in the /doc route. Every CallBackery application mounts its documentation plugin at /doc, ahead of any session check. The route passes the requested name to Pod::Simple::Search->find without validation. find splits the name on "::" and joins the parts into a file path, so a name such as "..::..::..::etc::motd" escapes @INC. Any file the server process can read is reachable. Only POD is rendered, but a file with a POD directive and no "=cut" is POD to the end of the file.
Published:Oct 30, 2026
Last Modified:Oct 30, 2026
EPS:Oct 30, 2026
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Affected Products
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Vendor
Perl
Product
Callbackery
Perl
Callbackery
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Attack Vector
Network
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Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Integrity
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Availability
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