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CVE-2021-29662

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-704

Description

The Data::Validate::IP module through 0.29 for Perl does not properly consider extraneous zero characters at the beginning of an IP address string, which (in some situations) allows attackers to bypass access control that is based on IP addresses.

Affected products

• Data::Validate::Ip Project Data::Validate::Ip: through 0.29
• NetApp SnapCenter: all versions

References

• https://blog.urth.org/2021/03/29/security-issues-in-perl-ip-address-distros/
• https://github.com/houseabsolute/Data-Validate-IP
• https://github.com/houseabsolute/Data-Validate-IP/commit/3bba13c819d616514a75e089badd75002fd4f14e
• https://github.com/sickcodes/security/blob/master/advisories/SICK-2021-018.md
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0002/
• https://sick.codes/sick-2021-018/
• https://blog.urth.org/2021/03/29/security-issues-in-perl-ip-address-distros/
• https://github.com/houseabsolute/Data-Validate-IP
• https://github.com/houseabsolute/Data-Validate-IP/commit/3bba13c819d616514a75e089badd75002fd4f14e
• https://github.com/sickcodes/security/blob/master/advisories/SICK-2021-018.md
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210604-0002/
• https://sick.codes/sick-2021-018/

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