CVE-2026-17435

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 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...

PT-2026-69112

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions File::Rotate::Simple versions prior to 0.4.0 Description When the touch option is enabled, the rotate function fails to correctly handle symbolic links pointing to missing files. Because the existence check is performed against the target of t...

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...