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CVE-2026-17435: File::Rotate::Simple 0 to before 0.4.0
CVE-2026-17435. CVSS 3.1 base score 2.5 (LOW, Source advisory). EPSS 0.0014 (percentile 0.0302), scored 22-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
File::Rotate::Simple · 0 to before 0.4.0
RRWO
Description’s affected range: versions before 0.4.0 for Perl create the target of dangling symlinks when rotating files
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: File::Rotate::Simple::_build_files_to_rotate, File::Rotate::Simple::rotate
File: lib/File/Rotate/Simple.pm
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 2.5/10) rates confidentiality and availability impact as none; integrity impact as low. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CWE
- CWE-59
- CCR priority
- 10.0 /100 (P5)
- CVSS 3.1
- 2.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.0014 · percentile 0.0302 · 2026-10-22
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-24 01:40:49.068977+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-17435.html