Summary
Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming.
Security Fix(es):
* perl: Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths (CVE-2025-40909)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux · 10 | perl | 4:5.40.2-512.2.el10_0 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 5.9
Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths
Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths. If a directory handle is open at thread creation, the process-wide current working directory is temporarily changed in order to clone that handle for the n…
References
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report
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2369407