Upstream information

CVE-2026-49145 at MITRE

Description

App::Ack versions through 3.10.0 for Perl read arbitrary files via --files-from in a project .ackrc.

ack searches up the directory hierarchy from the current directory for a project .ackrc and loads its options. The project-source option blocklist in App::Ack::ConfigLoader does not include --files-from, so a project .ackrc can set it to a path whose listed files ack then reads and searches. Version 3.10.0 added --follow to the blocklist; --files-from remains accepted.

A project .ackrc committed to an untrusted repository can make ack read files outside the project and print their matching lines.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • ack >= 3.10.0-1.1
  • perl-App-Ack >= 3.10.0-1.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-10965


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jun 9 11:36:20 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Jul 8 20:32:17 2026