CVE-2026-17435 (GCVE-0-2026-17435)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-07 19:03 – Updated: 2026-08-11 20:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
File::Rotate::Simple versions before 0.4.0 for Perl create the target of dangling symlinks when rotating files
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.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-11 20:12 UTC
CWE
- CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
4 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RRWO | File::Rotate::Simple |
Affected:
0 , < 0.4.0
(custom)
|
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