CVE-2011-10043

critical

Description

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.

References

https://metacpan.org/release/BINGOS/Module-Load-0.22/diff/BINGOS/Module-Load-0.20/lib/Module/Load.pm

https://metacpan.org/release/BINGOS/Module-Load-0.22/changes

https://blogs.perl.org/users/michael_g_schwern/2011/10/how-not-to-load-a-module-or-bad-interfaces-make-good-people-do-bad-things.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-07

Updated: 2026-07-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical