VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2026-8704

medium
Published 2026-05-15 · Modified 2026-05-18
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v2
—
VIR risk
6.5

Description

Crypt::DSA versions through 1.19 for Perl use 2-args open, allowing existing files to be modified.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-8704

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormaffected
debian debianbullseyeaffected
debian debianforkyfixed1.20-1
debian debiansidfixed1.20-1
debian debiantrixieaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-552

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.