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CVE-2026-49145                                       CPAN Security Group
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        CVE ID:  CVE-2026-49145
  Distribution:  ack
      Versions:  through 3.10.0

      MetaCPAN:  https://metacpan.org/dist/ack
      VCS Repo:  https://github.com/beyondgrep/ack3

App::Ack versions through 3.10.0 for Perl read arbitrary files via
--files-from in a project .ackrc

Description
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App::Ack versions through 3.10.0 for Perl read arbitrary files via
--files-from in a project .ackrc.

ack searches up the directory hierarchy from the current directory for
a project .ackrc and loads its options. The project-source option
blocklist in App::Ack::ConfigLoader does not include --files-from, so a
project .ackrc can set it to a path whose listed files ack then reads
and searches. Version 3.10.0 added --follow to the blocklist;
--files-from remains accepted.

A project .ackrc committed to an untrusted repository can make ack read
files outside the project and print their matching lines.

Problem types
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- CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

Workarounds
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Run ack with --noenv, or avoid running ack in a directory tree that
contains an untrusted .ackrc.

Solutions
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Upgrade to a future ack release.

References
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https://metacpan.org/release/PETDANCE/ack-v3.10.0/source/Changes

Timeline
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- 2026-06-07: Version 3.10.0 released with partial fix for the --follow
  option.

Credits
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Michał Majchrowicz (AFINE), finder
Marcin Wyczechowski (AFINE), finder