CVE-2019-25777
highYAML versions before 1.27_001 for Perl allow a loaded perl/glob document to replace any package variable, which can lead to arbitrary code execution.
YAML versions before 1.27_001 for Perl allow a loaded perl/glob document to replace any package variable, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. A perl/glob document names a package and a symbol, and supplies the value assigned to it. Nothing restricts the name, so the target can be @INC or YAML's own load options. A perl/glob document that sets $YAML::LoadCode or $YAML::UseCode turns on code loading, which is off by default, for every later Load() in the process. A perl/code document is then passed to a string eval, so an attacker who supplies two documents to separate Load() calls in one process can execute arbitrary Perl code.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/ingydotnet/yaml-pm/commit/bace96b5e6661d521c7c515c94a09e081c911fce.patc... 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
- https://github.com/ingydotnet/yaml-pm/issues/212 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
- https://metacpan.org/release/TINITA/YAML-1.28/changes 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/05/7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
