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CVE-2017-16248

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.43%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-11-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-16248
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.43%

Original NVD 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.