vulnerability
Arch Linux: Permission Race Condition During Resource Copy (CVE-2025-40909)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | May 30, 2025 | Jul 11, 2025 | Apr 3, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 30, 2025
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Apr 3, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Perl standard library threads component. This vulnerability can allow a local attacker to exploit a race condition in directory handling to access files or load code from unexpected locations.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
Rapid7 Labs
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