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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2026-116269 json

MIME::Field::ParamVal versions before 5.521 for Perl turn an RFC 2231 filename with a hyphenated language tag into an empty recommended filename

published 2026-10-28 12 d ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2026-112301

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

MIME::Field::ParamVal versions before 5.521 for Perl turn an RFC 2231 filename with a hyphenated language tag into an empty recommended filename.

A parameter such as filename*=utf-8'en-US'payload.exe is converted to an encoded word with the language tag appended to the charset. The decoder strips the language suffix only when it is a single word, so it cannot resolve the charset UTF-8*EN-US and returns an empty string. The recommended_filename() method returns that empty string rather than falling back to the name parameter.

Other mail readers return payload.exe. A remote sender can get an attachment past a policy that checks file extensions on the recommended filename.

Patch / fix

  • libmime-tools-perl Debian 14 5.522-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116269

  • perl-MIME-tools openSUSE Leap 16.0 5.522.0-bp160.1.1
  • perl-MIME-tools openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.522.0-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:22226-1openSUSE-SU-2026:12347-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-116269 updated cvss 5.3

perl-MIME-tools: perl-MIME-tools: Attachment filter bypass via improper filename decoding

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perl-MIME-tools 5.427-4.el6
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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