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UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40927
Vulnerability in libcgi-simple-perl (UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40927)
Summary
vulnerability in libcgi-simple-perl (UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40927). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40927** has been found in libcgi-simple-perl.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "libcgi-simple-perl UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40927" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40927 (libcgi-simple-perl) —
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in libcgi-simple-perl.
📍 Affected scope
libcgi-simple-perl — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'libcgi-simple-perl' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'libcgi-simple-perl' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `libcgi-simple-perl` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
libcgi-simple-perl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
libcgi-simple-perl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
libcgi-simple-perl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
libcgi-simple-perl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
libcgi-simple-perl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:25.10
libcgi-simple-perl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
libcgi-simple-perl
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40927
- report https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40927
- report https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/32357435/
- report https://github.com/manwar/CGI--Simple/commit/0c1a2e0b8f24804d33daac686666ac944363a630
- report https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-2320
- report https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7230#section-3
- report https://metacpan.org/release/MANWAR/CGI-Simple-1.281/diff/MANWAR/CGI-Simple-1.282/lib/CGI/Simple.pm
- report https://metacpan.org/release/MANWAR/CGI-Simple-1.281/source/lib/CGI/Simple.pm#L1031-1035
- report https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/HTTP_Response_Splitting
- report https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=21951