CVE-2019-25777

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

State
Published
Severity
7.3 High
Published
Oct 5, 2026
Updated
Oct 6, 2026
Reserved
Sep 21, 2026

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.3 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LCISA-ADP

Weaknesses

  • CWE-914 Improper Control of Dynamically-Identified Variables
  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Affected Products

ProductVersions
YAML
  • before 1.27_001Affected

References

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