01 Record
CVE-2025-30672
Mite for Perl generates code with an untrusted search path vulnerability
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: CPANSec
CNA base score6.5 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Mite for Perl generates code with an untrusted search path vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-04-01 01:51Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-04-01 18:28Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-03-24
- Assigning CNA
- CPANSec
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path ElementBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0a088f5151c051fa8b5a512e2192875e861384d19b680b19e100ab4574ce7193
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- metacpan.orghttps://metacpan.org/release/TOBYINK/Mite-0.013000/changes
- wiki.gentoo.orghttps://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Perl/Dot-In-INC-Removal
- perldoc.perl.orghttps://perldoc.perl.org/perlrun#PERL_USE_UNSAFE_INC
- blogs.perl.orghttps://blogs.perl.org/users/todd_rinaldo/2016/11/what-happened-to-dot-in-inc.html
07 Remediation
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.