Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties Affecting perl-YAML-LibYAML package, versions <1:0.70-2.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PERLYAMLLIBYAML-10292602
  • published2 Jun 2025
  • disclosed1 Jun 2025

Introduced: 1 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-40908  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-552  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 perl-YAML-LibYAML to version 1:0.70-2.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:9329.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-YAML-LibYAML package and not the perl-YAML-LibYAML package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

YAML-LibYAML prior to 0.903.0 for Perl uses 2-args open, allowing existing files to be modified

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1