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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2025-30672 EUVD-2025-9060GHSA-jx2w-pp8j-qrcj

Mite for Perl generates code with an untrusted search path vulnerability

Published Apr 1, 2025 · Updated Apr 1, 2025 · Assigned by CPANSec

Description

Mite for Perl before 0.013000 generates code with the current working directory ('.') added to the @INC path similar to CVE-2016-1238.

If an attacker can place a malicious file in current working directory, it may be
loaded instead of the intended file, potentially leading to arbitrary
code execution.

This affects the Mite distribution itself, and other distributions that contain code generated by Mite.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
TOBYINK Mite < 0.013000 0.013000

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