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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-7319 · published 7 November 2017

CVE-2008-7319: Net-ping-external project net-ping-external command injection vulnerability

NNet Ping External Project · Net Ping External

The Net::Ping::External extension through 0.15 for Perl does not properly sanitize arguments (e.g., invalid hostnames) containing shell metacharacters before use of backticks in External.pm, allowing for shell command injection and arbitrary command execution if untrusted input is used.

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 6.2% · top 6.7% CWE-77 · Command injection
9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 10.0
6.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Net::Ping::External extension through 0.15 for Perl does not properly sanitize arguments (e.g., invalid hostnames) containing shell metacharacters before use of backticks in External.pm, allowing for shell command injection and arbitrary command execution if untrusted input is used.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patch Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4 Issue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/881097 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://matthias.sdfeu.org/devel/net-ping-external-cmd-injection.patch Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/07/4 Issue TrackingMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/881097 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=33230 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-7319), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.