{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "CallBackery versions before 0.60.1 for Perl let unauthenticated clients read the POD of any file via path traversal in the /doc route.\n\nEvery 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.\n\nAny 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.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-CallBackery-2026-118988 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-callbackery-2026-118988.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/oetiker/callbackery/commit/128efe804fde41bba9633fe00dc94e30f12087fb.patch", "url": "https://github.com/oetiker/callbackery/commit/128efe804fde41bba9633fe00dc94e30f12087fb.patch" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/OETIKER/CallBackery-0.60.1/source/CHANGES", "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/OETIKER/CallBackery-0.60.1/source/CHANGES" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/30/11", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/30/11" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2026-118988 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118988" } ], "title": "CallBackery vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-10-30T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-CallBackery-2026-118988", "initial_release_date": "2026-10-30T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-10-30T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/<0.60.1", "product": { "name": "CallBackery less than 0.60.1", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/CallBackery" } } }, { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>=0.60.1", "product": { "name": "CallBackery greater than or equal 0.60.1", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0002", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/CallBackery" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "CallBackery" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-118988", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-22", "name": "Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "CallBackery versions before 0.60.1 for Perl let unauthenticated clients read the POD of any file via path traversal in the /doc route.\n\nEvery 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.\n\nAny 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.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "CSAFPID-0002" ], "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } } ] }