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.
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Solution
Version 0.013000 of Mite was released to address the issue. Users should update to the latest version, and regenerate the Mite files for any projects using the distribution.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
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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. | |
Title | Mite for Perl generates code with an untrusted search path vulnerability | |
Weaknesses | CWE-427 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CPANSec
Published:
Updated: 2025-04-01T18:28:05.280Z
Reserved: 2025-03-24T22:42:06.810Z
Link: CVE-2025-30672

Updated: 2025-04-01T18:28:00.197Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-04-01T02:15:16.390
Modified: 2025-04-01T20:26:11.547
Link: CVE-2025-30672

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