5.9

CVE-2025-40909

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 new thread, which is visible from any third (or more) thread already running. 

This may lead to unintended operations such as loading code or accessing files from unexpected locations, which a local attacker may be able to exploit.

The bug was introduced in commit 11a11ecf4bea72b17d250cfb43c897be1341861e and released in Perl version 5.13.6

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Vendorperl
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Product perl
Default Statusunaffected
Version < 5.41.13
Version 5.13.6
Status affected
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Type Source Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.01% 0.007
CVSS Metriken
Source Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector string
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 5.9 2.5 3.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path

The product searches for critical resources using an externally-supplied search path that can point to resources that are not under the product's direct control.

CWE-689 Permission Race Condition During Resource Copy

The product, while copying or cloning a resource, does not set the resource's permissions or access control until the copy is complete, leaving the resource exposed to other spheres while the copy is taking place.