The handler joins the request path onto public_dir without collapsing relative segments, and checks only that the result is a readable regular file. A request for `/../outside.txt` escapes public_dir, and percent-encoding the dots reaches the same file.
The handler is off by default. An application is affected once it names File in route_handlers and sets static_handler to 0, which otherwise refuses a dot segment before the route runs.
Any file the worker process can read is served to an unauthenticated request, including the application's config.yml above public_dir.
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | Dancer2 versions from 2.1.0 before 2.2.0 for Perl serve files from outside public_dir via relative path segments in the File route handler. The handler joins the request path onto public_dir without collapsing relative segments, and checks only that the result is a readable regular file. A request for `/../outside.txt` escapes public_dir, and percent-encoding the dots reaches the same file. The handler is off by default. An application is affected once it names File in route_handlers and sets static_handler to 0, which otherwise refuses a dot segment before the route runs. Any file the worker process can read is served to an unauthenticated request, including the application's config.yml above public_dir. | |
| Title | Dancer2 versions from 2.1.0 before 2.2.0 for Perl serve files from outside public_dir via relative path segments in the File route handler | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-22 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-22T00:52:36.047Z
Reserved: 2026-09-18T15:07:22.163Z
Link: CVE-2026-93712
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-22T01:16:55.957
Modified: 2026-09-22T01:16:55.957
Link: CVE-2026-93712
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