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critical 9.8

CVE-2011-10043 json

Module::Load versions before 0.22 for Perl allow arbitrary modules outside of @INC to be loaded

published 2026-07-07 4 mo ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-5272

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • BINGOS Module::Load 0.22
  • perl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.18.1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-10043

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-10043 updated cvss 7.6

perl-module-load: Module::Load versions before 0.22 for Perl allow arbitrary modules outside of @INC to be loaded

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perl-Module-Load 0.36-511.el10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perl-Module-Load, perl-Module-Load 0.36-511.el10
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 perl-Module-Load 0.36-511.el10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 perl-Module-Load 0.36-511.el10
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
4 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • BINGOS Module::Load

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-145 Improper Neutralization of Section Delimiters

References

Sources

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