{"cve":"CVE-2016-2381","nvd":{"published":"2016-04-08T15:59:05.183","modified":"2026-06-17T00:43:56.173","status":"Modified","description":"Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00112.html","http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/ae37b791a73a9e78dedb89fb2429d2628cf58076","http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3501","http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/326387","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","opensuse:opensuse","oracle:communications_billing_and_revenue_management","oracle:configuration_manager","oracle:database_server","oracle:enterprise_manager_base_platform","oracle:solaris","oracle:timesten_in-memory_database","perl:perl"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:48.328043465+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-2381","score":0.0908,"percentile":0.95295,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}