CVE-2026-11526

NameCVE-2026-11526
DescriptionGD versions before 2.86 for Perl allow OS command injection and file overwrite via a 2-arg open() of filename arguments in _make_filehandle. GD::Image::_make_filehandle opens a filename argument with Perl's 2-arg open(), so a filename that begins or ends with a pipe ("| cmd", "cmd |") or begins with a redirect ("> path", ">> path") is run as a command or redirect rather than opened as a file. _make_filehandle is the single open path behind every filename-accepting constructor (new, newFromPng, newFromJpeg, and the rest); the in-memory *Data variants do not open a path and are unaffected. Any caller that forwards untrusted input to one of these constructors as a pathname can run an arbitrary command or truncate a file under the process UID.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-6345-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libgd-perl (PTS)bullseye2.73-1vulnerable
bookworm2.76-4vulnerable
trixie2.78-1vulnerable
trixie (security)2.78-1+deb13u1fixed
forky, sid2.84-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libgd-perlsourcetrixie2.78-1+deb13u1DSA-6345-1
libgd-perlsource(unstable)2.84-3

Notes

https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/41004664/
Fixed by: https://github.com/lstein/Perl-GD/commit/67b163713c6c78dfeb693da0978ae934e5cd8210 (v2.86)

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