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.
Published: 2026-10-05
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EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to YAML 1.28 or later.


Vendor Workaround

For deployments that cannot upgrade to YAML 1.28, set $YAML::LoadBlessed = 0 before loading untrusted input. The option exists from YAML 1.25 and gates glob loading too.

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Mon, 05 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title 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
Weaknesses CWE-502
CWE-914
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-05T06:50:17.532Z

Reserved: 2026-09-21T21:17:21.642Z

Link: CVE-2019-25777

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-05T07:16:29.557

Modified: 2026-10-05T07:16:29.557

Link: CVE-2019-25777

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Updated: 2026-10-05T09:30:10Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-502

    Deserialization of Untrusted Data

  • CWE-914

    Improper Control of Dynamically-Identified Variables