VulnerabilityPublished 30 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-118988: CallBackery versions before 0.60.1 for Perl let unauthenticated clients read the POD of any file via

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-118988· High

Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 0.60.1 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 17:04 UTC

Severity

High

Rated High by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none

Patch: Available – fixed in 0.60.1

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

ghsa-f6fq-c3r4-3jxq

What to do

Upgrade CallBackery (Perl module) to 0.60.1.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
CallBackery	Affected <0.60.1	Fixed in 0.60.1
CPANCallBackery`pkg:cpan/CallBackery`Other threats	Affected <0.60.1	Fixed in 0.60.1

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AI-suggested

Upgrade CallBackery to version 0.60.1 or later where this vulnerability is fixed. If upgrading is not immediately possible, restrict access to the /doc route or disable the documentation plugin to prevent unauthenticated access. Patch status is confirmed by the version boundary (fixed in 0.60.1).

Description

CallBackery versions prior to 0.60.1 for Perl contain a path traversal vulnerability in the /doc route that allows unauthenticated clients to read the POD (Plain Old Documentation) of any file accessible by the server process. This occurs because the documentation plugin mounted at /doc does not validate input before passing it to Pod::Simple::Search->find, enabling traversal outside the intended directories.

Impact

An unauthenticated attacker can read arbitrary files on the server that the CallBackery process has permission to access by exploiting the path traversal in the /doc route. This can lead to disclosure of sensitive information contained in those files. The vulnerability does not require authentication and affects all deployments exposing the vulnerable route.

Summary

CallBackery before version 0.60.1 has a path traversal vulnerability in its documentation plugin mounted at /doc. The route forwards the requested name to Pod::Simple::Search->find without validation. Since find splits the name on "::" and joins the parts into a file path, an attacker can craft input like "..::..::..::etc::motd" to escape the @INC paths and read arbitrary files. The server renders only POD content, but files with POD directives without a terminating "=cut" are rendered to the end of the file, potentially exposing sensitive information.

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #6OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
Implementation · Input Validation
Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
Architecture and Design
For any security checks that are performed on the client side, ensure that these checks are duplicated on the server side, in order to avoid CWE-602. Attackers can bypass the client-side checks by modifying values after the checks have been performed, or by changing the client to remove the client-side checks…
Implementation · Input Validation
Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174).
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V12.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Path Traversal (opens in a new tab)
Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic (opens in a new tab)
Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls (opens in a new tab)
Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding (opens in a new tab)
Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 30 Oct 2026, 17:04 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-22

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