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GHSA-4m3f-gxf5-6jm9

GHSA-4m3f-gxf5-6jm9 PUBLISHED

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022

Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 allows local users to to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448, CVE-2004-0452, and CVE-2008-2827. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2005-0448. It is different from CVE-2008-5302 due to affected versions.

Timeline

  • May 14, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (3 in total, the first dated here)
  • Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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