App::Ack versions through 3.10.0 for Perl read arbitrary files via --files-from in a project .ackrc
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.5epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 75% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
PETDANCE · App::Ack