{"cve":"CVE-2026-17435","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-07T19:17:37.923","modified":"2026-10-23T20:10:00.160","status":"Deferred","description":"File::Rotate::Simple versions before 0.4.0 for Perl create the target of dangling symlinks when rotating files.\n\nWhen 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.\n\nAn 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).\n\nNote that the touch option is disabled by default.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","score":2.5},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["https://github.com/robrwo/File-Rotate-Simple/commit/ead3f5c0e51217b34d286aa243949dba60b39eba.patch","https://github.com/robrwo/File-Rotate-Simple/security/advisories/GHSA-fpmm-8f6h-wv74","https://metacpan.org/release/RRWO/File-Rotate-Simple-v0.4.0/changes","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/07/7"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-24T16:53:34.184483516+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-17435","score":0.0014,"percentile":0.03289,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}