RHSA-2025:11545 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: perl security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · July 23, 2025
Updated · September 1, 2026
Topic
An update for perl is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming.
Security Fix(es):
- perl: Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths (CVE-2025-40909)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.