# CVE-2025-30672: Mite for Perl generates code with an untrusted search path vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.013000
- Published: 2025-04-01 · Updated: 2025-04-01

## Affected

- Mite: fixed in 0.013000

## Description

Mite for Perl before 0.013000 generates code with the current working directory ('.') added to the @INC path similar to CVE-2016-1238. If an attacker can place a malicious file in current working directory, it may be loaded instead of the intended file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. This affects the Mite distribution itself, and other distributions that contain code generated by Mite.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mite, upgrade to a fixed version (0.013000) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://metacpan.org/release/TOBYINK/Mite-0.013000/changes
- https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Perl/Dot-In-INC-Removal
- https://perldoc.perl.org/perlrun#PERL_USE_UNSAFE_INC
- https://blogs.perl.org/users/todd_rinaldo/2016/11/what-happened-to-dot-in-inc.html

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