What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-4115

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Parallel::ForkManager module before 1.0.0 for Perl does not properly handle temporary files.

Affected products

• Cpan Parallel::Forkmanager: before 1.0.0 — fixed in 1.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Cpan Parallel::Forkmanager 1.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/04/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/04/4
• https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=68298
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/04/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/04/4
• https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=68298

Get alerted when CVE-2011-4115 or the next vulnerability affects your stack