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Debian 11 perl Important Code Injection Weakness DLA-4538-1 CVE-2025-40909

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Calendar Grey April 18, 2026
Scroller Debian Lts
Perl in Debian LTS has a critical flaw allowing local attackers to access unauthorized data or inject code.
Vincent Lefèvre discovered that, in the Perl programming language, at thread creation the current directory may temporarily change in other threads, altering file accesses
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Summary

For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version
5.32.1-4+deb11u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.

For the detailed security status of perl please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/perl

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: perl
Version: 5.32.1-4+deb11u5
CVE ID: CVE-2025-40909
Debian Bug: 1098226

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