CVE-2026-17435 File::Rotate::Simple versions before 0.4.0 for Perl create the target of dangling symlinks when rotating files

File::Rotate::Simple versions before 0.4.0 for Perl create the target of dangling symlinks when rotating files. When the file to be rotated is a symbolic link to a missing file, and the touch option is enabled, then the rotate method assumes that the file is absent since the existence check is...

CVE-2026-17435: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

File::Rotate::Simple versions before 0.4.0 for Perl create the target of dangling symlinks when rotating files. When the file to be rotated is a symbolic link to a missing file, and the touch option is enabled, then the rotate method assumes that the file is absent since the existence check is...