Improper Input Validation Affecting rh-perl520-perl-libs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
9.08% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-RHPERL520PERLLIBS-12231129
  • published29 Aug 2025
  • disclosed1 Mar 2016

Introduced: 1 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-2381  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 rh-perl520-perl-libs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-perl520-perl-libs package and not the rh-perl520-perl-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

Perl might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the taint protection mechanism in a child process via duplicate environment variables in envp.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1