Perl — known exploited vulnerabilities
The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (KEV) lists vulnerabilities that CISA has confirmed are being exploited in the wild; U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate each entry by its due date. This page joins the KEV entries for Perl with NVD CVSS scores and CISA's ransomware-campaign flag. See our methodology or browse all CVEs.
Key findings
CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog lists 1 Perl vulnerability confirmed as exploited in the wild across 1 product; none is currently flagged as used in known ransomware campaigns. All entries affect a single product: Exiftool. CISA added 1 entry in 2021, compared with 0 in 2020. Across the 1 entry with an NVD CVSS score (100% of the total), the average score is 6.8; none is rated critical by NVD. The most recent addition is CVE-2021-22204 (ExifTool Remote Code Execution Vulnerability), added on 2021-11-17.
Affected products
| Product | Entries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Exiftool | 1 | 100% |
Entries added per year
By date added to the KEV catalog
Exploited Perl vulnerabilities (1)
Newest first. CVSS scores from NVD where available.
| CVE | Product | Vulnerability | Date added | Ransomware | CVSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-22204 | Exiftool | ExifTool Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | 2021-11-17 | — | MEDIUM6.8 |
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, joined with NIST NVD CVSS data. Vendor names are normalized across spellings. Compare all vendors.