High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-16248

Description

The Catalyst-Plugin-Static-Simple module before 0.34 for Perl allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files if there is a '.' character anywhere in the pathname, which differs from the intended policy of allowing access only when the filename itself has a '.' character.

Affected products

Catalyst Plugin Static Simple Project/Catalyst Plugin Static Simple
cpe:2.3:a:catalyst-plugin-static-simple_project:catalyst-plugin-static-simple:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
Range: <0.34

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

bugs.debian.org/880458nvdThird Party Advisory
rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.htmlnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Catalyst-Plugin-Static-SimplenvdRelease Notes

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