[ CVE-2026-120648 · Published 4 Nov 2026 ]

Vulnerability

Not scored yet EPSS <1%No fix listed yet

[ Description ]Official description

CGI versions before 5.00 for Perl allow HTML injection via text containing --> in comment. Arguments are placed between <!-- and --> without escaping, so text containing --> closes the comment early. An application that passes request data to comment can be made to inject HTML into the page.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.