Vulnerability · Published Aug 7, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec

CVE-2026-17435File::Rotate::Simple versions before 0.4.0 for Perl create the target of dangling symlinks when rotating files

Low 2.5

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A low-severity security flaw in File::Rotate::Simple from RRWO. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)2.5Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

File::Rotate::Simple versions before 0.4.0 for Perl create the target of dangling symlinks when rotating files. When 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. An 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). Note that the touch option is disabled by default.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
RRWO	File::Rotate::Simple	0 – before 0.4.0

Weakness: CWE-59 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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