vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-36770: Uncontrolled Search Path Element
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 11, 2021 | Aug 22, 2024 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 11, 2021
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
Encode.pm, as distributed in Perl through 5.34.0, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Encode::ConfigLocal library (in the current working directory) that preempts dynamic module loading. Exploitation requires an unusual configuration, and certain 2021 versions of Encode.pm (3.05 through 3.11). This issue occurs because the || operator evaluates @INC in a scalar context, and thus @INC has only an integer value.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-perl-encodealpine-linux-upgrade-perl
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