CVE-2025-30672
Mite for Perl generates code with an untrusted search path vulnerability
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.
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
Mite for Perl generates code with an untrusted search path vulnerability
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-30672- 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-2025-9060
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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-9060- 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-jx2w-pp8j-qrcj
Mite for Perl before 0.013000 generates code with the current working directory ('.') added to...
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.
- Record
GHSA-jx2w-pp8j-qrcj- 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
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-30672- 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
Mite for Perl generates code with an untrusted search path vulnerability
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.
- Record
CVE-2025-30672- 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-2025-30672 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Tobyink Mite, 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/TOBYINK/Mite-0.013000/changes
wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Perl/Dot-In-INC-Removal
perldoc.perl.org/perlrun
blogs.perl.org/users/todd_rinaldo/2016/11/what-happened-to-dot-in-inc.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30672
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jx2w-pp8j-qrcj
cpan.org/modules