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Fencer Intel
high 7.5

CVE-2011-4115 json

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

published 2020-01-31 6 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4063

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • cpan parallel::forkmanager 1.0.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-4115 updated cvss 1.9

perl-Parallel-ForkManager: insecure temporary file usage

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Parallel::ForkManager Parallel::ForkManager

References

Sources

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