{
    "id": "CVE-2011-3597",
    "published": "2012-01-13 18:55:03",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:33:33",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "description": "Eval injection vulnerability in the Digest module before 1.17 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the new constructor.",
    "epss_score": "0.13054",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96238",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:11",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gisle_aas",
            "product": "digest"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "36199",
            "title": "Perl 5.x - Digest Module 'Digest->new()' Code Injection",
            "date": "2011-10-02",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36199"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_advisory2.asc",
        "http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/Digest-1.17/Changes",
        "http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705",
        "http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/46279",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/51457",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:008",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:009",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1424.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1797.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49911",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1643-1",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743010",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19446",
        "http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/perl_advisory2.asc",
        "http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/GAAS/Digest-1.17/Changes",
        "http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705",
        "http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/46279",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/51457",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:008",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:009",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1424.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1797.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49911"
    ]
}