DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40908

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-40908
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40908.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40908
Upstream
Published
2025-06-01T14:15:21.113Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:30:30.816305Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libyaml-libyaml-perl

Package

Name
libyaml-libyaml-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libyaml-libyaml-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.82+repack-1
0.83+ds-1
0.84+ds-1
0.86+ds-1
0.89+ds-1
0.902.0+ds-1
0.902.0+ds-2
0.903.0+ds-1
0.904.0+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40908.json"

Debian:12 / libyaml-libyaml-perl

Package

Name
libyaml-libyaml-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libyaml-libyaml-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.86+ds-1+deb12u1

Affected versions

0.*
0.86+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40908.json"

Debian:13 / libyaml-libyaml-perl

Package

Name
libyaml-libyaml-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libyaml-libyaml-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.903.0+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40908.json"

Debian:14 / libyaml-libyaml-perl

Package

Name
libyaml-libyaml-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libyaml-libyaml-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.903.0+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40908.json"