CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-5091

5.1 MEDIUM Published 2026-05-21 Modified 2026-07-23 Official page ↗

Status: Deferred
Published: 2026-05-21
Last modified: 2026-07-23
Assigner: 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 5.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-208

Description

Catalyst::Plugin::Authentication versions through 0.10024 for Perl is susceptible to timing attacks. These versions use Perl's built-in eq comparison. Discrepencies in timing could be used to guess the underlying hash or password.

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-208 Observable Timing Discrepancy weakness

References

https://github.com/perl-catalyst/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication/commit/b0515f492257438cf07082acf1e10d06e8088a5e.patch github.com
https://metacpan.org/release/ETHER/Catalyst-Plugin-Authentication-0.10_025/changes metacpan.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/21/19 www.openwall.com

CVE-2026-5091

Description

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Weakness · CWE (1)

References