CVE-2026-116266 (GCVE-0-2026-116266)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-28 17:32
Modified
2026-10-28 17:32
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
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CWE
- CWE-436 - Interpretation Conflict
Summary
MIME::Head versions from 5.518 before 5.521 for Perl decode a partly encoded multipart boundary without flagging the parse as ambiguous.
The multipart_boundary() method decodes RFC 2047 encoded words anywhere in the boundary, but the ambiguity check only fires when the whole value is one encoded word. A boundary such as abc=?us-ascii?Q?def?= is used as abcdef, and ambiguous_content() returns false.
Encoded words are not allowed in parameters, so other mail readers split the message on the literal value. A remote sender can hide an attachment from a filter that relies on ambiguous_content() while the recipient's mail client shows it.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
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"affected": [
{
"collectionURL": "https://cpan.org/modules",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"modules": [
"MIME::Head"
],
"packageName": "MIME-tools",
"packageURL": "pkg:cpan/MIME-tools",
"programFiles": [
"lib/MIME/Head.pm",
"lib/MIME/Field/ParamVal.pm"
],
"programRoutines": [
{
"name": "MIME::Head::multipart_boundary"
},
{
"name": "MIME::Field::ParamVal::parse_params"
}
],
"repo": "https://salsa.debian.org/dskoll/mime-tools",
"versions": [
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"lessThan": "5.521",
"status": "affected",
"version": "5.518",
"versionType": "custom"
}
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}
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"value": "MIME::Head versions from 5.518 before 5.521 for Perl decode a partly encoded multipart boundary without flagging the parse as ambiguous.\n\nThe multipart_boundary() method decodes RFC 2047 encoded words anywhere in the boundary, but the ambiguity check only fires when the whole value is one encoded word. A boundary such as abc=?us-ascii?Q?def?= is used as abcdef, and ambiguous_content() returns false.\n\nEncoded words are not allowed in parameters, so other mail readers split the message on the literal value. A remote sender can hide an attachment from a filter that relies on ambiguous_content() while the recipient\u0027s mail client shows it."
}
],
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"descriptions": [
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"cweId": "CWE-436",
"description": "CWE-436 Interpretation Conflict",
"lang": "en",
"type": "CWE"
}
]
}
],
"providerMetadata": {
"dateUpdated": "2026-10-28T17:32:28.565Z",
"orgId": "9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e",
"shortName": "CPANSec"
},
"references": [
{
"tags": [
"release-notes"
],
"url": "https://metacpan.org/release/DSKOLL/MIME-tools-5.521/changes"
}
],
"solutions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "Upgrade to MIME-tools 5.521 or later."
}
],
"source": {
"discovery": "UNKNOWN"
},
"title": "MIME::Head versions from 5.518 before 5.521 for Perl decode a partly encoded multipart boundary without flagging the parse as ambiguous",
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}
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"cveId": "CVE-2026-116266",
"datePublished": "2026-10-28T17:32:28.565Z",
"dateReserved": "2026-10-25T18:05:02.235Z",
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"state": "PUBLISHED"
},
"dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
"dataVersion": "5.2"
}
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Sightings
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