UBUNTU-CVE-2026-116266

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UBUNTU-CVE-2026-116266

Summary:

Details: MIME::Head versions from 5.518 before 5.521 for Perl decode a partly encoded multipart boundary without flagging the parse as ambiguous. The multipart_boundary() method decodes RFC 2047 encoded words anywhere in the boundary, but the ambiguity check only fires when the whole value is one encoded word. A boundary such as abc=?us-ascii?Q?def?= is used as abcdef, and ambiguous_content() returns false. Encoded words are not allowed in parameters, so other mail readers split the message on the literal value. A remote sender can hide an attachment from a filter that relies on ambiguous_content() while the recipient's mail client shows it.

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-116266, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116266, https://metacpan.org/release/DSKOLL/MIME-tools-5.522/changes