An issue was discovered in the Graphics::ColorNames package before 3.2.0 for Perl.

published 2024-12-13 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-52848

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in the Graphics::ColorNames package before 3.2.0 for Perl. There is an ambiguity between modules and filenames that can lead to HTML injection by an attacker who can create a file in the current working directory.

Patch / fix

distros 1

libgraphics-colornames-perl Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.5.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-55918

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-55918 updated 2025-11-21 cvss 6.1

Graphics-ColorNames: HTML injection

Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2024-12-17)

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-55918
NVD CVE-2024-55918

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Summary