Upstream information

CVE-2026-116271 at MITRE

Description

MIME::Parser::FileUnder versions before 5.521 for Perl reuse a pre-created output directory and follow symlinks in it, letting local users redirect attachment writes.

Each message is written to a directory named msg-<time>-<pid>-<n> under the output base, and an existing directory of that name is used as is. A file name counts as unused when nothing exists at that path, which holds for a dangling symlink, and the body file is then opened in a way that follows the link.

When the output base is writable by other users, as with output_under("/tmp"), a local user can pre-create the directory with a symlink named like an attachment. The parser then writes the attachment to the link target with the privileges of the parsing process.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 7
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 7.3
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements Present
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1288716 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 perl-MIME-tools Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 perl-MIME-tools Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 perl-MIME-tools Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 perl-MIME-tools Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 perl-MIME-tools Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 perl-MIME-tools Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 perl-MIME-tools Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 perl-MIME-tools Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Oct 29 12:58:36 2026
CVE page last modified: Thu Oct 29 18:01:06 2026