perl — security advisory

{
  "id": "8658fb8d5771e215c1012013b52c33dade29bf3e6abd8b43650f724ef8f5f2a9",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-10043",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-10043",
    "summary": "Module::Load versions before 0.22 for Perl allow arbitrary modules outside of @INC to be loaded. Module names starting with \"::\" could be passed to the load function to specify arbitrary module paths. Attackers able to influence module names passed to load could use that bug to execute arbitrary code.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-10043",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "perl",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.18.1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "perl",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.18.1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "perl",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.18.1-2",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-10043",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2011-10043"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5.18.1-2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "perl",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-10043.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5.18.1-2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "perl",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-10043.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5.18.1-2"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "perl",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/perl?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-10043.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:02:45.169484095Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2011-10043"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-10043"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2011-10043",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 419662,
  "published_at": "2026-07-07T12:16:24.88+00:00"
}