Upstream information

CVE-2025-40908 at MITRE

Description

YAML-LibYAML prior to 0.903.0 for Perl uses 2-args open, allowing existing files to be modified

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (CISA-ADP) SUSE
Base Score 9.1 7.4
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low High
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 8.3
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1243902 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • perl-YAML-LibYAML >= 0.70-2.el8_10
Patchnames:
RHSA-2025:9329
SUSE Liberty Linux 9
  • perl-YAML-LibYAML >= 0.82-6.1.el9_6
Patchnames:
RHSA-2025:9330
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
  • perl-YAML-LibYAML >= 0.890.0-150000.3.11.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP6-2025-1886
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS
  • perl-YAML-LibYAML >= 0.38-11.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2025-1885
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5
  • perl-YAML-LibYAML >= 0.38-11.3.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2025-1885
openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • perl-YAML-LibYAML >= 0.890.0-150000.3.11.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-1886
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • perl-YAML-LibYAML >= 0.904.0-2.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2025-15261


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 perl-YAML-LibYAML Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 perl-YAML-LibYAML Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 perl-YAML-LibYAML Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 perl-YAML-LibYAML Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 perl-YAML-LibYAML Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 perl-YAML-LibYAML Released
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security perl-YAML-LibYAML Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 perl-YAML-LibYAML Released
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 perl-YAML-LibYAML Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Sun Jun 1 18:00:35 2025
CVE page last modified: Thu Jul 10 17:25:37 2025