Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Path.pm in Mojolicious before 1.16 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2f..%2f (encoded slash dot dot slash) in a URI.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | libmojolicious-perl | 1.16-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | libmojolicious-perl | 1.16-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | libmojolicious-perl | 1.16-1 | — |
| Debian 6.0 | libmojolicious-perl | 0.999926-1+squeeze1 | DSA-2221-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2221-1 libmojolicious-perl - directory traversal Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- http://perlninja.posterous.com/sharks-in-the-water
- DSA-2221 vendor-advisory
- http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/K/KR/KRAIH/Mojolicious-1.16.tar.gz
- ADV-2011-1072 vdb-entry
- https://github.com/kraih/mojo/issues/114
- [oss-security] 20110418 Re: CVE request: Mojolicious directory traversal vulnerability mailing-list
- FEDORA-2011-5505 vendor-advisory
- 44359 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/kraih/mojo/commit/b09854988c5b5b6a2ba53cc8661c4b2677da3818
- 44051 third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622952
- ADV-2011-1093 vdb-entry
- 71850 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20110416 CVE request: Mojolicious directory traversal vulnerability mailing-list
- 47402 vdb-entry
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/KRAIH/Mojolicious-1.16/Changes
- mojolicious-url-directory-traversal(66830) vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20110418 CVE request: Mojolicious mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697229
- FEDORA-2011-5504 vendor-advisory