CVE-2025-3051
Linux::Statm::Tiny for Perl allows untrusted code to be included from the current working directory
Linux::Statm::Tiny for Perl before 0.0701 allows untrusted code from the current working directory ('.') to be loaded 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.
Linux::Statm::Tiny uses Mite to produce the affected code section due to CVE-2025-30672
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Linux::Statm::Tiny for Perl allows untrusted code to be included from the current working directory
Linux::Statm::Tiny for Perl before 0.0701 allows untrusted code from the current working directory ('.') to be loaded 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.
Linux::Statm::Tiny uses Mite to produce the affected code section due to CVE-2025-30672
- Record
CVE-2025-3051- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-9129
Linux::Statm::Tiny for Perl before 0.0701 allows untrusted code from the current working directory ('.') to be loaded 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.
Linux::Statm::Tiny uses Mite to produce the affected code section due to CVE-2025-30672
- Record
EUVD-2025-9129- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q2hm-mp4x-64qg
Linux::Statm::Tiny for Perl before 0.0701 allows untrusted code from the current working...
Linux::Statm::Tiny for Perl before 0.0701 allows untrusted code from the current working directory ('.') to be loaded 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.
Linux::Statm::Tiny uses Mite to produce the affected code section due to CVE-2025-30672
- Record
GHSA-q2hm-mp4x-64qg- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Linux::Statm::Tiny for Perl before 0.0701 allows untrusted code from the current working directory ('.') to be loaded 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.
Linux::Statm::Tiny uses Mite to produce the affected code section due to CVE-2025-30672
- Record
CVE-2025-3051- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Linux::Statm::Tiny for Perl allows untrusted code to be included from the current working directory
Linux::Statm::Tiny for Perl before 0.0701 allows untrusted code from the current working directory ('.') to be loaded 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.
Linux::Statm::Tiny uses Mite to produce the affected code section due to CVE-2025-30672
- Record
CVE-2025-3051- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-427
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-3051 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Rrwo Linux::statm::tiny, published April 1, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
metacpan.org/release/RRWO/Linux-Statm-Tiny-0.0701/changes
blogs.perl.org/users/todd_rinaldo/2016/11/what-happened-to-dot-in-inc.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3051
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2hm-mp4x-64qg
cpan.org/modules